Why are reviewers being such hardasses this gen?

[DerNebel]

tbone51 said:

DerNebel said:

Games aren't "next gen" enough for them.

I don't have a problem with reviewers being a little harsher this gen, problem is that that wasn't communicated with anyone so a lot of people still operate under the assumption that everything has the same standard as 5 years ago, metacritic not changing their coloring system doesn't help with that either.

Imo you can add on average about 5 points to an aggregated score nowadays and you'll get about what the game would've gotten a couple years ago. Exception would be Nintendo games, they are still reviewed the same way as in gen 7, kinda appropriate to think that Nintendo is a couple years behind in that regard as well.

Ouch..... Damn You Der!!!!!!! Damn You!!!!!

Being a couple years behind in this industry isn't all bad. Their hardware and online infrastructure is years behind the competitions but they also at least still finish their games before release and haven't caught up with the industries monetization schemes either.