Well, one "problem" with the discrepency is that reader reviews should reveal a selection bias. That is, reviewers are forced to review everything. It is rare (if ever) that different reviewers are given only games that suits their particular tastes, but gamers that won't like games like Baroque will never review it because they never buy it.
Moreover, the professional reviewer will always write a review, because they are paid to do so, and MC will actively seek out the review for their site. A gamer, OTOH, is more likely to toss a bad game in the closet than to spend the time playing it through and writing a detailed review and then posting it on MC . Gamers are much more likely to do that with a game that they really like and post it on MC for all to see.







