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tokilamockingbrd said: that part is easy. They would still have the score in the total database but not displayed. If more low scores came in the mean would move towards that score and it would fall within range, and other higher scores would then be bumped out. Basically there would be 2 scores Total score- what we currently see, but would be hidden to us in a new system New Metascore- The score without factoring in the outlyers. What we would see and would be the official score. Its basically a mean of the mean. If I were doing it I would have an equation IE Standard deviation X2 or something. So that if all the score are very tight the number may be only within 10. For instance take the last of us out of 69 reviews only 8 gave it less than a 90 and only one less than an 80. I would be willing to bet a SD X2 formula would be around 8-10. So essestially only scores 85 and up could be counted. Now think of that instance, does anyone in their right mind think a score for that game under an 85 is reasonable, when you have 85% of all reviews giving it a 90+... hell no. Even if the reviewer was being honest it just means he is wrong and he is in the vast minority who does not consider the game a masterpiece. A game like the order would have a larger range most likely close to 25 which basically would mean all scores between 40 and 90 would be counted. |
What about the fact that some reviews use an "actual" scale instead of the "grading scale". As in, a 50/100 is average (since it's right in the middle) instead of 75/100 being average. Do those scores get tossed when a 6/10 is slightly above average instead a 7.8/10 being slightly above average in many places?
