Biased about the 3DS? An Analysis of Ten Review Sites

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oniyide said:

Zekkyou said:

Clyde32 said:
I had my suspicions about Gamespot....

According to their meta page, Gamespot are on average 5.4 points lower than other critics, so the OT doesn't really suggest them to be biased against the 3DS. They are just harsh in general :P

this, they dont seem bias or less so than anyone else. Nothing on the chart was really shocking

Jim Sterling (used to be at Destructoid) definitely gave really low scores.  Kid Icarus: Uprising and Mario Kart 7 from Destructoid are his reviews.  They are much lower than just 10 points lower than the average.  

If I didn't already know about that, I would say that those scores are surprising, especially since the reason MK7 got a 5 from Jim is because he thinks the formula didn't change much (as if it ever had with any of the other Mario Kart games).  The reason KI: U got a 5 from Jim is because he didn't like the controls, therefore it's suddenly a bad game.

In my opinion, this just shows how bad ratings are in general, but Jim Sterlings reviews are definitely outliers.