fatslob-:O said:
The problem with metacritic here is that it doesn't represent every gaming audience or the market for that matter. Why is it that each masterpiece that comes out have such a significant difference in market share ? Why is there such a discrepency between the last of us or GTA V in terms of sales ? You see sales paint a very different picture when a crowd is trying to identify quality. Crowds aren't going to use metacritic but rather their intuition for choosing a game. That is where metacritic becomes worthless in attempting to be a scale for game quality. The majority of gamers all around do not use metacritic as a scale for game quality and the majority of the reviewers do not represent the gaming audience.
One does not simply ask for an advice or an opinion of a so called "more experienced gamer". The same situation applies for metacritic. The so called "more experienced gamer" has obvious biases in comparison to the market. @Bold Ok now that example is just overexaggerated and not relatable to the differences at hand.
Why is Nintendo not one of these japanese game companies ? Nintendo obviously didn't have faith in the WII U succeeding because they knew damn well that the audiences are incompatible. Nintendo knew that third party support was not the way to go because they knew the gamecube had flopped epically hard. Financials don't lie. Marketing means very little in the end if the WII U could not supply quality software. I tired of having to say this again but hear I go "software sells hardware". All it ultimately comes down to purchasing a console is the software. It is not the masses job to simply support the console early on in a blind manner. Why exactly would it be unwise to not try a system ? See your problem is thinking that the so called "experienced gamer" should be the only one to hold the definition of quality is that the market responds very inconsistently from it. The reason why masses don't try other consoles is because the majority of them can only have one console per generation for other reasons. I'm not saying it would be unwise to not try out low sale consoles per se but if we go back to the mantra "software sells hardware" then it's obvious that the masses don't see alot of quality to purchase the system. The ones who are buying super mario 3D world are the fans so ofcourse you'll see a bias in their analysis so I wouldn't take the fans word for a measure of quality. |
Your comparing something as sensitive as money to an opinion on the quality of the game. False equivalence principle on your part.
You do not know that for a fact. Your just making assumptions that the majority (maybe it's based on opinions of this site) do not take sites like metacritic seriously. Interestingly enough,I have seen numerous threads on many different gaming forums stating the opposite. I've also seen people "flip flop" so to speak as to whether metacritic is a credible site or not, depending on whether their game of choice scored highly or poorly. The website is within the top 2000 globally so it obviously is receiving a considerable amount of traffic therefore influencing quite a few people. You cannot deny the effect that sites such as metacritic have on the sales of a game. Hell, people bitch about IGN probably more than any other site out there but I can guarentee you and I'd be willing to bet the bank account that a good majority of their users factor in the ratings when making a purchase. Now, the formula does not work for every single game (ie Call Of Duty Ghosts) as it seems established franchises with heavy marketing behind it will always sell quite well. Lets go back several years ago when Haze and Lair were hyped prior to release and you cannot tell me that reviewes did not directly affect the sale of these two games!
So your telling me that as a gamer you have never had someone ask you for advice when making a game purchase whether it be a family member or friend? I have people ask me all the time my opinion on making purchases. There does not have to be any biases when recommending games. If you know the person well and their interests then you can factor that in when advising on what game they would have the best experience with. While my statement was somewhat of an exaggeration it also does apply to purchasing a game. When one is making a purchase, they are using their hard earn money to invest in an entertainment exprience that we call video games. Now, for some, $60 every few months is a considerable amount when you factor in everyday life expenses. Considering most people purchase 10-20 games over the lifetime of a console (and some more than that), it ends up being a significant amount of money for some people. Therefore, my analogy was not so far fetched.
That my friend is where you are wrong. Nintendo simply made bad decisions when it came to releasing the console ( should have been released a year later after they fixed the bugs) as well as marketing (especially the name). There are a significant amount of people who still do not know what the Wii U is. The name of the console itself has confused the masses as a considerable amount of people still beleive it is an add on and not an official new console. Nintendo also has put out quality software but the issue lies with the fact that there was a considerable amount time that was between major first party releases which may have hurt them beyond repair.PS4 did not have a considerably strong lineup when it came to exclusives yet Sony's marketing was brilliant this time around and evryone and their uncle wants a PS4. M$ is also going for the same strategy as Nintendo ( however they marketed the One significantly better). Do you really think the 30 million Kinects sold were strictly core gamers? The two audiences can be compatible if the marketing and features are put together properly. As for not trying out a game because fans will be biased, well, then your stating that every single reviewer out there is biased as well, along with numerous medias outlets that have praised SMW3D. I mean, I'm not quite understanding your logic on this one. How would you then justify purchasing/trying a game that you would consider to be good? If your going by sales then I will refer back to "carnival games". If you go by sales then you should not own a single game in your list of PC games and should rush out the door to purchase a console! SM3DW has great sales. For a console that has @ 4.5 million sold, it will be between 800-900k (not including digital) in sales which is nearly 20% attach rate. You called NSMBU a crappy game yet it's sales are higher than your PC game list therefore you should purchase it based on sales 
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