Linkzmax on 16 January 2008
Review sites and magazines are geared more towards the "hardcore" gamers that tend to only want put their money towards the good/great games. They'll also buy the games that really interest them regardless of how well it scores.
"Casual" gamers buy most of their games based off of their interests and rarely look at scores, other than maybe comments from other buyers on Amazon.com or the like. They aren't expecting epic adventures and stories with grand visuals, they just want something quick and fun, and the shovelware delivers most of the time.
