Nintendo fires back at critics who say they rehash their games

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Player2 said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

RolStoppable said:

 

Using Metascores as justification... I thought you would be above that.

How do you know they aren't my own? ;)

In any event, as much as I think there is rampant score inflation across all video game media outlets, for the sake of argument we need to use something to define critical consensus.

I could have used user scores, but that would mean Mass Effect 3 was a 53, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was a 32.

When those scores come from people that doesn't know the games they play and refuse to learn them (I've read several times in 3D fighting games communities that reviewers refused to have some matches with pros), I refuse to accept their scores.

There's clearly a big problem with video game critics -- I was very loud in my criticism of the press corps in a previous thread -- but if one has to reference the critical consensus, sites like Metacritic and GameRankings are invaluable resources. Clearly, referencing the popular consensus is a mine field (MW3 gets a 32/100), so really it's the best we've got. I would love it if VGChartz had a metascore function that allowed all registered users to score games, but would that ever happen?