| shikamaru317 said: Yikes, Schreier sure is insufferable at times. He put at statement saying Starfield only reviewed well because of Xbox fansites inflating it's score, in his eyes the fact that 5 out of 15 of Starfield's 95 or higher scores on Metacritic came from Xbox fansites meant that the score is inflated (never mind the fact that 2/3rds of it's high scores on Metacritic came from normal gaming sites, while more than 6/7ths of it's high scores on Opencritic came from normal gaming sites instead of Xbox fansites). People decided to roast him with pictures of perfect 10's for weaker Sony games from PS fan sites, such as GT7: |
To be fair he never said it didn't happen for PlayStation games too, but going down the Starfield Metacritic reviews now it does look pretty wild. Only 1 of the 19 outlets that gave a 95+ to GT7 appear to be a PlayStation outlet, while as mentioned 5 out of the 15 95+ reviews for Starfield are Xbox Outlets.
Xbox outlets gave Starfield an average of 94.4, 11.4 above the metascore. PlayStation outlets gave GT7 an average of 91.4, 4.4 above the metascore.
I'd be interested to know if there are major titles from PlayStation/Xbox with bigger discrepancies.
| GT 7 Reviewer | Score | Above Metascore |
| PlayStation Lifestyle | 100 | 13 |
| MeuPlayStation | 92 | 5 |
| PlayStation Universe | 90 | 3 |
| PSX Brasil | 90 | 3 |
| Dualshockers | 85 | -2 |
| - | - | - |
| Starfield Reviewer | Score | Above Metascore |
| Xbox Addict | 100 | 17 |
| Generación Xbox | 99 | 16 |
| Somos Xbox | 98 | 15 |
| MondoXbox | 97 | 14 |
| Xbox Tavern | 97 | 14 |
| Windows Central | 90 | 7 |
| TheXboxHub | 90 | 7 |
| Pure Xbox | 90 | 7 |
| Xbox Achievements | 89 | 6 |
The PC version of Starfield however got 85, and that's with barely any Xbox outlet reviewers. So it's not like the game couldn't get a high score without Xbox reviews, it just depends on the individuals that choose to review it. The console version would certainly have had a lower score without Xbox outlets propping it up but the PC version proves that it was possible to be reviewed well without them. At the end of the day Metacritic has an element of chance to it. The same game can get different scores depending on which outlets choose to review it and which individuals those outlets choose to do the review.
Last edited by Zippy6 - on 23 January 2024
