does every game get dropped down in average by unknown sites?

[Gnizmo]

brute said:

but in this case eurogame reviewed it before the game was released so we know its not just to get some traffic like the ones that review em very late

 

 Giving it a bad review early would actually have far more of an effect than reviewing it late. Most games get the bulk of their sales from the first few weeks. Almost all of the people who read internet reviews will buy the game in the first 2 weeks. The games are then forgotten by the hupe machine before the end of the month, and the next big things is moved onto. Reviewing a game a month late will not ever get you more website traffic, because no one will care anymore.