| ckmlb said: This reality has a Nintendo bias shit only works when it comes to sales figures (currently), not for quality of games. But apparently everyone votes 1s for the best games on other consoles because they aren't on Nintendo, which is really sad. |
Aww... come on. Shit?
But yeah, that's sad, but true. I've been longing for a game's IMDB for long, cause I value movie scores there far more than I value critics scores anywhere. But it only really works because when you have thousands of voters for every half decent movie. They also factor it into the formula - no movie with 10 votes could possibly have a 1 or 10 average. And if you look closely, votes also peak on 1s and 10s around there. There's a lot of people that are only compelled to vote when they love it, or hate it, and then try to push it up, or down, handing those 1s and 10s.If more people love it than hate it, that should also be part of the score.
But perhaps using a median would be a better measure for a site with so few votes. Either that, or at the very least, a formula adapted from IMDB's. Plain averages are simply terrible for these things. I think I've said this before, though I'm not counting on it being changed.
