The hidden monster call Mario Party

[Words Of Wisdom]

clouette said:

Let's take a look at Mario Party 8 first. Gamespot gave it a 6.5 - http://www.gamespot.com/wii/puzzle/marioparty8/index.html while IGN gave a 5.2 mediocre! - http://wii.ign.com/articles/792/792495p1.html

Why was the review scores that low for a high selling game? One reason of course is that the reviewers are hardcore gamers, their expectation of games are different from casuals. The other reasons, IMO, are that the graphics are only as good as Gamecube games, it doesn't make much use of motion control and the game is too short, etc. Technical reasons.

Since when have review scores ever been related to sales?