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4D Gamer III on 05 March 2008

Of all the sources that offer varying conclusions on this subject its no surprise the one people choose to believe is the one which best suits their personal bias. Incidentally I'm accused of trying to downplay the topic and OP when had the results been to the opposite benefit of the 360 or Wii it would be the Sony Right that would be rushing in to play down the significance of that blow against Sony. For example, Shams tried to bring up a comparison between the PSP and PS3 in its own thread and it was attacked as being anti-Sony.

I've not brought up a single point in this thread that wasn't unreasonable given the conflicting sources presented. You will forgive me though if I don't ignore the irony of the Sony faithful here who throughout the forums make it an every day habbit of trying to play up every trivial "victory" that can be offered Sony and then demonize and denounce even the most benign of negative news or discussion whether intended as such or not.

Which ever source we accept though, we know Nintendo and Sony are neck and neck, and that enough is impressive for Sony.



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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Cheebee on 05 March 2008
koffieboon said:
Taking an average over every released game doesn't paint a good picture, 5 great games don't go down in quality because of 5 mediocre games released by the same company.

 So true... this way, if you release 1 game that gets a good review, and another company releases 100 games, of which, say, 70 get similarly good reviews and 30 lesser, then according to this system that first company will top the other one.. :S

 



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akuma587 on 05 March 2008

These charts say a lot for both Nintendo and Sony, so everyone should be happy. Microsoft was in the top 7 too, so no one should be upset.



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antfromtashkent on 05 March 2008


Reasonable on 05 March 2008

Why the hate? What I see is Sony and Nintendo both showing well.

Both develop and support good games. Both have a mix of established franchises while supporting innovation.

Depending upon when you look the top position will surely swing back and forth between them as each game released impacts their current standings.

Personally I think we should all be looking at some of the notable studios with less than stellar averages... don't you?



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

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MANUELF on 05 March 2008

But the best selling games is in Wii and the best socre too like MP3 y SMG.



outlawauron on 05 March 2008

@ MANUELF

So what does it matter to gamers if Wii Play sells 50 million copies?



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Kasz216 on 05 March 2008
tastyshovelware said:
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?


Eh disagree.  Sure the weighing should be transparent... however Play Magazine shoudln't be worth the same as IGN.  Or an individual user review.

 



windbane on 05 March 2008
Kasz216 said:
tastyshovelware said:
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?


Eh disagree.  Sure the weighing should be transparent... however Play Magazine shoudln't be worth the same as IGN.  Or an individual user review.

 


Weighting should indeed be revealed. Until then, I'd rather go by an unbiased source in gamerankings.



4D Gamer III on 06 March 2008
windbane said:
Kasz216 said:
tastyshovelware said:
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?


Eh disagree.  Sure the weighing should be transparent... however Play Magazine shoudln't be worth the same as IGN.  Or an individual user review.

 


Weighting should indeed be revealed. Until then, I'd rather go by an unbiased source in gamerankings.


Unbiased because they support the conclusions you wish to believe?



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.