Quality =/= sales

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YukanaSenix said:

Reviewers obviously said there isn't anything like that,gave the game a low rating till Yamauchi tweeted those noobs didn't play far enough to unlock the stuff.
Of course people,especially GT haters only heard about the bad reviews and scores that were given by someone who didn't even play the game.
Sorry that Gran Turismo 5 has content for 238972984728976543 hours and doesn't give you everything after 2 hours with 1000 Gamerscore like Avatar or so.

This is truth.  I remember the review situation with GT5 very well.  Reviews were coming out filled with misinformation because quite a few reviewers did not play long enough to adequately detail the game or did not understand the game enough to explain it.  They didn't actually review the game, only the first part.  The car damage thing, for example, had a lot of people confused.  Some reviewers were saying damage was unlocked, while others, who clearly did not play long enough at all, were saying that only minor damage was in the game.  In reality, it's pretty simple; only special models, such as pure race cars, show extensive damage.

The depth of GT5, and the continuing extensive support of the game with updates, kind of exposes the flaws in depending on reviews written at release by media outlets that rush through games to increase their review volume.

I know that the OP created this thread to discredit Gran Turismo 5, but in reality all he's really doing is shining a light on why Metacritic score is often a poor way to judge quality.