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Is EDGE Magasine

Biased towards the XBOX 130 46.26%
 
Biased towards the PS3 35 12.46%
 
Biased towards the Wii 12 4.27%
 
A fair and honest reviewer 104 37.01%
 
Total:281
gustave154 on 13 February 2010
mario64 said:
Just to give you the proof Edge is in fact 360 biased, here are the numbers :

Game / Edge rating / Meta (12/02/10) / Difference between Edge and Meta

Main 360 console exclusives :

Fable 2 / 90 / 89 / +1
Forza 2 / 90 / 90 / 0
Forza 3 / 90 / 92 / -2
Gears of War / 80 / 94 / -14
Gears of War 2 / 90 / 93 / -3
Halo 3 / 100 / 94 / +6
Halo 3 ODST / 90 / 83 / +7
Mass Effect / 70 / 91 / -21
Mass Effect 2 / 90 / 96 / -6
Left 4 Dead / 90 / 89 / +1
Left 4 Dead 2 / 90 / 89 / +1

Total (11 games) : -30 points
Average -2.73 / game

Main PS3 exclusives :

MGS4 / 80 / 94 / -14
Ratchet ToD / 80 / 89 / -9
Ratchet ACiT / 70 / 87 / -17
Resistance / 70 / 86 / -16
Resistance 2 / 60 / 87 / -27
Killzone 2 / 70 / 91 / -21
Valkyria Chr. / 70 / 86 / -16
Disgaea 3 / 80 / 78 / +2
Heavy Rain / 70 / 89 / -19
Uncharted / 80 / 88 / -8
Uncharted 2 / 90 / 96 / -6
Demon's Souls / 90 / 89 / +1
LittleBigPlanet / 100 / 95 / +5
Wipeout HD / 80 / 87 / -7
Flower / 70 / 87 / -17
Infamous / 70 / 85 / -15

Total (16 games) : -184 points !!!
Average -11.5 / game

So it's around 10 points difference in AVERAGE between a PS3 exclusive and a PC/360 console exclusive, which is huge and mathematically (statistically) impossible unless they're 360 biased or being 360 fanboys.

The other explanation would be they favor the shooter / FPS genre dominating on 360 (6 on 11 games reviewed), but then again, games like Resistance, Resistance 2, Killzone 2 wouldn't have been rated so much under their Meta then, so this explanation is wrong.

Conclusion : Edge is strongly 360 biased.


Hmm comparing edge scores with metacritic might be misleading but its a sign that EDGE definitely favour Xbox 360 games.

Killzone 2 got a 7??? Facepalm i say since Halo ODST got a 9.

How did disagea 3 get a higher score than Valkyria Chronicles??? VC was definitely more innovative than Disgaea and it got lower WTF?

EDGE gave LBP a 10 because it was innovative but heavy rain got a 7 because it was innovation aimed at a mature audience. -.-

Only reason UC2 was given a 9 since it got a lot of 10s from other reviewers. Same with Mass Effect 2.

L4D2 got a 9 although it was more or less then same game. I'm betting GOW3 gets a 6 for LACK OF INNOVATION.

MGS4 got an 8.... EDGE criticised it because of its conflicting plot. No story makes MGS4 a better game?

Old stuff Gran Turismo 4 got a 7 from EDGE but Forza 2 gets a 9. Physics engine is worth 2 points according to EDGE.

I seriously don't know what is wrong with EDGE. I'm not going to say they are biased but they are really pissing sony gamers off

by telling them not to BUY sony exclusive games. Good job EDGE thanks to you we sony gamers have no reason to be proud of our console.

 



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blazinhead89 on 13 February 2010

Yes 360 Bias. "OMG A Magazine can't be bias it's only a number! " . Wake the fudge up, it's the principle of being bias that pisses me off, not their actual scores. Edge need to get their act together if they want to be taken seriously. PS3 owners expect lower average reviews from Edge, and these expectations are generally correct. LBP being the only exception (British Magazine , British Game)



theprof00 on 13 February 2010

EDGE isn't biased, they're just ignorantly, and arrogantly different. They refuse to use the same grading rubric that everyone else uses, which is the 70=average=C-grade rubric. Instead, they use the 50=average, despite the fact that the average review they give is a 63. So, not only are they being arrogantly bullheaded about their "individuality", they don't even follow their own grading system.

 

None of the above, they are neither fair (because they don't even understand their own grading system) nor biased.



CyberRazorCut on 13 February 2010
rocketpig said:

 

On the other hand, Edge only gave Gears an 80. I don't think this is really a bias but maybe one or two reviewers are far more harsh on game ratings than their colleagues. When Gears gets an 80 from the same magazine that gives ODST a 90, it has to boil down to individual reviewers. I don't know of a single person who would agree with those scores when compared to one another.

This is the key point imo.  There was an feature in Edge a few years back on the way games are reviewed.  In the article they got multiple staff members to review PN03.  The scores varied, of course.  



themanwithnoname on 13 February 2010

So what if Edge likes 360 FPS's more than the PS3's. Everyone calls the 360 the shooterbox anyway, because it is indeed generally accepted that it has a greater abundance of awesome shooters. For everyone who's made the statement "for some reason, Edge likes so and so of a game better," go read the reviews and they will tell you exactly why they like X game and they don't like Y game. I find this bickering about it to be pointless when the answer is simply, in their opinion, the 360 games are better than the PS3 ones. Some of you need to stop being so shocked that someone might actually have a different opinion than you.



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Catlana on 14 February 2010
heedstone said:
Strategyking92 said:
*suprised*


You already made up your mind, didn't you?
I could tell when "biased toward xbox 360" was the first listed. I guess it's just my fanboy radar..

I made the poll as fair as possible, I'm sure nobody's clicking on "biased toward xbox 360" just because it's first on the list!!!


Yeah, I agree this is a much better post than last time. I also agreed there is a difference in FPS scores. I believe xbox fps stuff is rated higher than the games should be based on the article. All of this discussion made me go to the library and read Edge of all things, lol. I still refuse to subscribe (see Valkyria / Halo Wars / FFX reviews).

 

However, you mentioned system sellers in your last post. What do you define as system sellers? I for example buy a system based on three types of games: rpgs, third person games (tps / tpa), and strategy games. I rarely play fps type games that do not heavily incorporate other elements (aka fps / rpg such as Borderlands). I do believe that some people base their buying habits on fps but I believe that third person (Uncharted / Mass Effect 2 / Gears) atually influence alot more decisions. Your thoughts? 



makingmusic476 on 14 February 2010

They're biased towards UK-based devs.

Edit:

Was totally beaten by placidcasual.  =(



Rath on 14 February 2010

Edge - Fair and Balanced



Dgc1808 on 14 February 2010

Nothing wrong with Edge.



4 ≈ One

Reasonable on 14 February 2010
themanwithnoname said:
So what if Edge likes 360 FPS's more than the PS3's. Everyone calls the 360 the shooterbox anyway, because it is indeed generally accepted that it has a greater abundance of awesome shooters. For everyone who's made the statement "for some reason, Edge likes so and so of a game better," go read the reviews and they will tell you exactly why they like X game and they don't like Y game. I find this bickering about it to be pointless when the answer is simply, in their opinion, the 360 games are better than the PS3 ones. Some of you need to stop being so shocked that someone might actually have a different opinion than you.

Technically if you're a professional critic you're not supposed to let personal preferece to intrude to that level.  I agree with you (as you can see from my posts) however I do think that if you want to retain the correct level of professional consistency you must be able to put aside preference to judge the game on its merits vs your preference.

Of course, with videogames the notion of what reviews/criticsm is for is even more mixed and unclear than, say, films, so it's not a surprise.



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...