Game Musings: Even if reviews "can" affect sales, "do" they?

[LordTheNightKnight]

Jay520 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Jay520 said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Jay520 said:

I think a game needs good reviews to sale good, however just because it has good reviews, doesn't mean it'll selll good. This only applies to HD games.

Does apply just to them? Based on what?

Well, it seems like highest selling games on HD consoles have good reviews, don't they? Give me some examples of HD console games with good sales and shitty(below 70?) reviews.

SOCOM: Confrontation scored in the 60s range and sold over a mil (1.01mil to be exact). Kane and Lynch also scored in 60s and sold around 1.3mil on both systems. Need 4 Speed Undercover also sold decent. Those are rare exceptions though.

But once again, that just means a correlation, NOT that the reviews and sales are connected.

Well then, I guess they're not connected.

I should add I've been looking at some sales vs Metacritic, just so I want to practice what I preach. I'll have some PS3 game comparisons next post.