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czecherychestnut on 30 June 2015
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Bofferbrauer said:
Conina said:
Samus Aran said:
vivster said:
I hope that puts the rumors to rest that PS4 does not have the best games

PS4 games are usually reviewed higher, just look at Shovel Knight on PS4 vs. Wii U. Came out almost a year later yet it has 91% vs. 88% on Wii U.

And the PS4-version of Shovel Knight deserves the slightly higher score: it's cross-buy, so you only have to buy it once if you want to play it on your TV (PS4) and on the go (Vita). And you can fight Kratos.

While you have to pay it twice if you want to play it on your TV (Wii U) and on the go (3DS).

The Cross-buy does indeed increase the Value of the game, but doesn't change anything about it's Quality, which is what reviewers are nominally testing. So this shouldn't have any effect on it's metacritic.

And I doubt the fight with Kratos is worth 3 additional points, especially since the Wii U versions has it's own share of unique features.

I wouldn't say value has no bearing on a Metacritic score, again take Towerfall Ascension for example which had a score of 87%, do you think it would still get the same score if it was released at $60? Many high scoring indie games are given massive concessions in content due to their low price.