That's an interesting view. So many haters is also a sign of - say at least an interesting product.

Well, in defense of such people: it doesn't make too much sense too play a game you hate. You should refer to your little experience to the game though, if you talk about it.

I also know a guy who will talk shit on a game that he has dumped 100 hours into. I'll listen to his criticisms of course, but his actions tell me that that whatever was in hours 1-30 was good enough to keep him playing from hours 31-100. 

The user reviews for the U Were more honest and mostly from people who had played the game, Xbox and PS users didn't see the U as a threat. But now the tables could turn and they're scared.

No way. Nintendo, and all the people who were championing user scores back then, were totally wrong. In a mass format like that, they're pretty much worthless.

Exactly!! Good or bad. It made people feel something about it. 

Metacritic does not verify purchase. Look at Amazon verified purchase score instead:

https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Breath-Wild-Nintendo-Switch/product-reviews/B01MS6MO77/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_acr_sr?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews


-235 people with a 5 star review;
-9 people with a 4 star review;
-2 people with a 3 star review;
-1 person with a 2 star review;
-3 people with a 1 star review.

Sure if you just look at the aggregate mean or something like that.

Two minutes of looking at the BotW user scores pretty much tells you how people feel about it though. 

In all honesty that was a pathetic statement by Nintendo lol Anyone who knows anything of user scores knows they're meaningless especially on something like Metacritic or Amazon.

On amazon, you can at least filter out the people that actually bought the product.