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Grampy on 24 August 2008
xman said:
Soma said:
would be interesting to see nongamers reviewing games, I agree, "professional" reviewers will never give a perfect score to a very fun game if it is lacking in graphic department or something.

 I would like to see a 40+ gamer reviews.  They reviewers are mostly 20-30 years old and like a ceratin type of game

Looking at it another way, it's a good thing they weren't around to review chess,: it would never have lasted a few thousand years. No violence, no graphics, what the hell were they thinking about?

Actually, there are non-professional reviewers. 31.12 million of them at last count.

 



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bdbdbd on 24 August 2008

@Grampy: Chess would have been rated based on how well everything is carved and does the board look blocky.



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Bobbuffalo on 24 August 2008
FreeTalkLive said:
Bobbuffalo, please use spell check. Seriously, it comes with firefox.

Sorry x_X

 



mike_intellivision on 24 August 2008
Squilliam said:
If Gameinformers target markets are Xbox360/PS3 owners then why would it not be surprising that they would cater to that markets needs first and foremost?

 

The ironic thing though is that their own survey showed that more readers owned just Wiis than PS3s (18.6% to 16.0%) and more owned Wiis than PS3s overall (57.3% to 43.6%).

The Xbox 360 was the most popular -- 37.8% owned just X360 and 74.1% owned a X360 overall.

 

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HappySqurriel on 24 August 2008

Nintendo isn't putting gaming magazines or websites out of business, they're quite effective at putting themself out of business ...

The Wii is (by far) the most popular console on the market at the  moment, and yet websites and magazines are devoting the least ammount of effort towards covering the Wii. Take a look at most multiplatform game reviews and you will see what I mean; on the day/week of release of a game for the PS3 and XBox 360 there will be dozens of reviews on all major sites (and in all major magazines) for the PS3 and XBox 360 versions of the game, and weeks later the Wii will still not have had 10 reviewers get around to reviewing the game. Look at Madden 2009 (XBox 360: 24 Reviews, PS3: 16 Reviews, Wii: 7 Reviews), Alone in the Dark (XBox 360: 39 Reviews, PC: 11 Reviews , PS2: 9 Reviews, Wii: 8 Reviews), and Lego Indiana Jones  (XBox 360: 46 Reviews, PS3: 28 Reviews, Wii: 16 Reviews, PC: 11 Reviews , PS2: 11 Reviews).



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Kasz216 on 24 August 2008
megaman79 said:
Film reviews are failed film makers, Game reviewers are failed game programmers. Who gives a shit really

The main difference is that film reviewers still have to go to school for movie reviews.

They are taught about movies and know more about them.

Game reviews are more like the random people on IMDB then movie critics.

Reviews aren't personal opinions, or rather they aren't supposed to be. They are supposed to be an actual judgement of a game that shouldn't be swayed by if you like a certain genre of game.

A good fighting game should get the same score as a good RPG game, even if you are an RPG freak and can't figure out the simplest fighting combos.

People who treat game reviews as if they are supposed to be someones personal  opinion generally don't understand the point of criticism.



SaviorX on 24 August 2008

I only read Nintendo Power once in a blue moon. I don't read anything else.



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