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4D Gamer III on 04 March 2008

Sony's sweet advantage? Sony's only able to edge ahead of Nintendo by such a narrow margin that its within the margin of error as clearly shown by Metacritics results. This is no real victory for Sony unless you were expecting much less from Sony to begin with.

Again another matter of people wanting to believe reviews as gods law when it suits them and attacking them when they don't (I'm pointing fingers at both parties in the discussion here too).

If only this victory for Sony actually in anyway mattered. *shakes head*



The Ghost of RubangB said:
1: Stop making shooters. Please. You're not Valve or Free Radical.
2: Stop trying to force photo-realism down my throat until you can get out of the uncanny valley. Work on style and presentation instead of just pixels and bloom.
3: Try something weird and new, and hope we like it.

You'll cut costs way more than you cut revenue, and thus increase profit.
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Mebi on 04 March 2008

The averages on metacritic and gamerankings assumes that all reviewers use the exact same scale when they review games. This is a flawed way of measuring how good a game is. One reviewer may only use the 70-90% when they score most games where 70% is a bad game. Other reviewers may see 70% as a good score.



tastyshovelware on 04 March 2008
4D Gamer III said:
Sony's sweet advantage? Sony's only able to edge ahead of Nintendo by such a narrow margin that its within the margin of error as clearly shown by Metacritics results. This is no real victory for Sony unless you were expecting much less from Sony to begin with.

Again another matter of people wanting to believe reviews as gods law when it suits them and attacking them when they don't (I'm pointing fingers at both parties in the discussion here too).

If only this victory for Sony actually in anyway mattered. *shakes head*

metacritic isn't the most reliable site. it weighs reviews as it pleases. gamerankings is way better.

and i think you're being a bit harsh. it's like your coming down on sony for having games people generally like. would you be happier if they only released sh*t like conspiracy games?



Kytiara on 04 March 2008

While its nice to see, why does this have to turn into yet another battle between Nintendo and Sony fans? Both studio's are ranked at the top of the pack. This isn't the olympics, second place is pretty much just as good as first place.



4D Gamer III on 04 March 2008

Funny, Sony fans were so eager to jump on Metacritics summations as being up and up in the past. I guess people just pick and choose what is credible when its convenient.

If Nintendo had won out in this: The Sony fans would have said, well yeah, what do you expect, Nintendo pumps out more games.

If Nintendo had only won by a slim margin: The Sony fans would have said, look out Nintendo, Sony is catching up.

No matter what the situation would have been it is always played to the benefit of what the person's console bias is.



The Ghost of RubangB said:
1: Stop making shooters. Please. You're not Valve or Free Radical.
2: Stop trying to force photo-realism down my throat until you can get out of the uncanny valley. Work on style and presentation instead of just pixels and bloom.
3: Try something weird and new, and hope we like it.

You'll cut costs way more than you cut revenue, and thus increase profit.
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akuma587 on 04 March 2008

Nintendo definitely made better games than Capcom last year.



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tabsina on 04 March 2008

The company that made galaxy last year wins by default, so it doesn't matter :P

joking, relax 



4D Gamer III on 04 March 2008

If a deranged hobo on the street made the a compilation of all the reviews which pointed to Sony being the best and posted it online I garantee you there would be a number of people in this thread trying to argue that's the most god damned credible hobo on the freakin' planet, lol.



The Ghost of RubangB said:
1: Stop making shooters. Please. You're not Valve or Free Radical.
2: Stop trying to force photo-realism down my throat until you can get out of the uncanny valley. Work on style and presentation instead of just pixels and bloom.
3: Try something weird and new, and hope we like it.

You'll cut costs way more than you cut revenue, and thus increase profit.
darconi on 04 March 2008

All I have to say is that Wii Sports is one of the most fun games I've ever played and I've been gaming since the NES days. Its review score on GR? 76.



4D Gamer III on 04 March 2008

Sorry darconi, there's no category for "Fun" in most reviews. "Graphics" though, now we're talking. If you want an idea of where your typical reviewer's bias lies, just watch Spike TV.



The Ghost of RubangB said:
1: Stop making shooters. Please. You're not Valve or Free Radical.
2: Stop trying to force photo-realism down my throat until you can get out of the uncanny valley. Work on style and presentation instead of just pixels and bloom.
3: Try something weird and new, and hope we like it.

You'll cut costs way more than you cut revenue, and thus increase profit.