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binary solo said:

Metacritic derives its score from a weighted average of the scores from reviews it collects

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But the fact is, there is nothing more objective available to base an assesment of which console has the best library of games leading in to the holidays.

The point some are trying to make is that the underlined in the first sentence goes a long way towards defeating the second sentence in its entirety. As in, even if metacritic were in fact the "best" option available, its actual value is low enough to make that prize meaningless.