bmmb1 on 18 December 2009
| Soma said: hmmm, I'm sure IGN do inflate and deflate scores, but not for the same reasons. They do it to somewhat "manipulate" sales. For example, Wii Music, he thought it was going to sell millions and probably gave it a lower score than it deserved. He was actually happy the game didn't sold as much (and thought it was in part thanks to him) On the other hand, games like Madworld, The Conduit and others, were pushed hard by them. According to most gamers they received a better score than deserved. All with the intention so they could sell better and more games like those were made for the Wii (and less shovelware). Actually they implied that in some podcast. |
If IGN admitted to doing that, why wouldn't reviewers who have never bothered to hide their hate of the Wii do the same with the purpose of hurting 3rd party efforts/motivation on the Wii? This just reinforces my theory...
But we're disgressing from the thread topic...
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