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Khuutra on 31 March 2009

kabhold said:

DaveD said:
Ratings are someone's opinion, and not a fact (usually....).

I'll continue this one.

Ratings are someones opinion and should only be used to judge buying a game and not be used to judge other games by. Example game X is better than game Y because it was scored .1 higher on IGN.

Seconding this elaboration, thirding the main point.

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phisheep on 31 March 2009

Just because Michael Pachter says something ...

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gergroy on 31 March 2009

phisheep said:
Just because Michael Pachter says something ...

means its true right? ... LOL good one

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Squilliam on 31 March 2009

Playing 'casual' games doesn't make you casual. My friend is in the top 50 in terms of skill when it comes to Age of Empires 3 and yet he plays Lego Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda on my Xbox 360.

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phisheep on 31 March 2009

Metacritic scores = 'objective'

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scottie on 31 March 2009

RolStoppable should be trusted

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NJ5 on 31 March 2009

Misconception: Prices in US $ and € are comparable by simple currency conversion, which gives you the right to bitch that you're getting ripped off or that Sony/MS/Nintendo make much more profit from Europe than USA.

Reality: European prices include VAT while American ones don't. So please divide European prices by 1.2 before converting to US $. (based on VAT being around 20%).

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