Metacritic Scores vs. Sales: 2009 Holiday Season Analysis

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Slimebeast said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

I still can't believe 5% of games get "universal acclaim."  That's the nail in the coffin for me.

What does that mean anyway?

Games with an above 90% or equivalent metacritic average.

But, to say critics have nothing to do with sales is kinda, wrong. Because I've bought games a couple of times based on Review Score only (and some of the times I've regretted it because they were 90+ score game according to metacritic, but it was a type of game I didn't like)