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Xen on 10 February 2009

Ddid you see where half of those blues are?



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jhonip on 10 February 2009

my, I must avoid, just as i should had avoided far cry for wii. not good, not good.



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averyblund on 10 February 2009
jhonip said:
my, I must avoid, just as i should had avoided far cry for wii. not good, not good.

 

In no way is that a fair comparison. FC: Wii was terrible, this a pretty good, not amazing, Wii game.



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kabhold on 11 February 2009
Grampy said:

Since I do not seem to be able to communicate why I believe that there is something wrong with X-Play scoring here is a chart that should help. This shows the difference between the X-Play score and the MetaCritic Average for 15 recent games on each console. The list was gathered from the MetaCritic list of recent and current games sorted alphabetically. The number fifteen is based on the fact that it was all the Wii reviews available. Interestingly, 15 only got to the "N"s in both the PS3 and Xbox360 meaning that review twice as many games on each of the HD consoles as they do on the Wii.

 

As you can see there is a HUGE fricking difference in the pattern of scores. You can also note that their 5 point system is NOT the problem because they manage to almost always get within 10 pts of the average for all games except Wii games that they dislike. These get the big dump. This is my last word on the topic because anyone that can look at this and not see a problem obviously lives in a parallel universe. If it looks OK to you, FINE, just keep taking the medication.

 

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outlawauron on 11 February 2009
pakidan101 said:
Here is something interesting:

Just saw an episode of X-Play (what can I say? This thread reminded me of it)


They showed a piece of news saying that the Brits have replaced Japan as the number 2 country when buying video games.

Where is the bias you say? When explaining that Great Britain is number 2, they use a picture of Queen Elizabeth and photoshopped the picture and had her holding the chainsaw gun from Gears of War to show her interest in video games.

Funny stuff, but here is something to think about; if they wanted to show Queen Elizabeth and a reference to video games, why not just have her hold a Wiimote? We all know she has an actual Wii. Just a thought...

You have to understand the demographics that X-Play is showing too. 90% of their viewers are 360 only owning males, ages ranging 15-25. Their bias to keep that base if very noticable if you watch and listen to what they say.

They could really care less if the Wii even existed.



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kabhold on 11 February 2009
outlawauron said:
pakidan101 said:
Here is something interesting:

Just saw an episode of X-Play (what can I say? This thread reminded me of it)


They showed a piece of news saying that the Brits have replaced Japan as the number 2 country when buying video games.

Where is the bias you say? When explaining that Great Britain is number 2, they use a picture of Queen Elizabeth and photoshopped the picture and had her holding the chainsaw gun from Gears of War to show her interest in video games.

Funny stuff, but here is something to think about; if they wanted to show Queen Elizabeth and a reference to video games, why not just have her hold a Wiimote? We all know she has an actual Wii. Just a thought...

You have to understand the demographics that X-Play is showing too. 90% of their viewers are 360 only owning males, ages ranging 15-25. Their bias to keep that base if very noticable if you watch and listen to what they say.

They could really care less if the Wii even existed.

Where did you get this stat?

AS a PSwii owner I like xplay.  Guess I'm missing something...

Also Reviews aren't made to reassure you of a purchase.  But to inform you of bad games.  Which the Wii is infamous of having.  Anyone that argues this....  Well don't respond.  i don't want to talk to you.

 



outlawauron on 11 February 2009
kabhold said:
outlawauron said:
pakidan101 said:
Here is something interesting:

Just saw an episode of X-Play (what can I say? This thread reminded me of it)


They showed a piece of news saying that the Brits have replaced Japan as the number 2 country when buying video games.

Where is the bias you say? When explaining that Great Britain is number 2, they use a picture of Queen Elizabeth and photoshopped the picture and had her holding the chainsaw gun from Gears of War to show her interest in video games.

Funny stuff, but here is something to think about; if they wanted to show Queen Elizabeth and a reference to video games, why not just have her hold a Wiimote? We all know she has an actual Wii. Just a thought...

You have to understand the demographics that X-Play is showing too. 90% of their viewers are 360 only owning males, ages ranging 15-25. Their bias to keep that base if very noticable if you watch and listen to what they say.

They could really care less if the Wii even existed.

Where did you get this stat?

AS a PSwii owner I like xplay.  Guess I'm missing something...

Also Reviews aren't made to reassure you of a purchase.  But to inform you of bad games.  Which the Wii is infamous of having.  Anyone that argues this....  Well don't respond.  i don't want to talk to you.

 

I was exagerrating based of anecdotal experience. But if you don't think that the show is built to cater to PS3 and 360 only male owners ranging from that high school to college age, I think you need to watch more of it.



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And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

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kabhold on 11 February 2009
outlawauron said:
kabhold said:
outlawauron said:
pakidan101 said:
Here is something interesting:

Just saw an episode of X-Play (what can I say? This thread reminded me of it)


They showed a piece of news saying that the Brits have replaced Japan as the number 2 country when buying video games.

Where is the bias you say? When explaining that Great Britain is number 2, they use a picture of Queen Elizabeth and photoshopped the picture and had her holding the chainsaw gun from Gears of War to show her interest in video games.

Funny stuff, but here is something to think about; if they wanted to show Queen Elizabeth and a reference to video games, why not just have her hold a Wiimote? We all know she has an actual Wii. Just a thought...

You have to understand the demographics that X-Play is showing too. 90% of their viewers are 360 only owning males, ages ranging 15-25. Their bias to keep that base if very noticable if you watch and listen to what they say.

They could really care less if the Wii even existed.

Where did you get this stat?

AS a PSwii owner I like xplay.  Guess I'm missing something...

Also Reviews aren't made to reassure you of a purchase.  But to inform you of bad games.  Which the Wii is infamous of having.  Anyone that argues this....  Well don't respond.  i don't want to talk to you.

 

I was exagerrating based of anecdotal experience. But if you don't think that the show is built to cater to PS3 and 360 only male owners ranging from that high school to college age, I think you need to watch more of it.

Maybe so.

 

BUT, what I can't stand is people judging other peoples bad reviews about a game they haven't even played yet. 

It doesn't look good people.  It doesn't look fun.  Get over it.  I hope it is, I need new games for my Wii.

 

 

 

 

 



windbane on 11 February 2009
psrock said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
psrock said:
why would they have a bias against the wii the last couple months? what changed?

 

When did the write "couple months"? Someone mentioned around 6 months. This was after E3.

 

once again, what changed in the last 6 months to caused this bias?

No great games.

 



megaman79 on 11 February 2009

The shit storm has arrived. Edge, G4tv and 1up = 60,40,67 - Metacritic - 72

Deadly Creatures, Edge = 50 - Metacritic - 74

We need more reviews



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