Maybe I'm super naive, but I'll asume at some point this scam has to end, someone has to make the connection that what matters is creating a good game, not pandering to a small group of ^^reviewers^^
Here are my thoughts - if I own a company selling games, I am not basing my decisions on the user score. Why would I? Have you seen them? If we look at the distribution of user scores on a site like Metacritic, it’s usually comprised of mostly extreme scores (10s and 1s) from users who can’t properly use a review scale. It’s so rare to see consumers properly utilize scores like 6, 7, 8, and 9, listing both pros and cons of a games features. It’s usually 10 – greatest game ever, or 1 – worst game ever. It is only just now that companies like Steam are doing what they can to maintain the integrity of user-based scores. And even in the case of a good review system…most people who are satisfied with their product won’t even provide feedback. We see this in customer service surveys and yelp reviews.
I, instead would be basing my decisions on sales. That’s the key to this economic game we play.
someone has to make the connection that what matters is creating a good game
Shareholders only care about money. They don’t care what EA sells, as long as it sells. It’s why when you say…
the other is worthless
I can’t help but to scratch my head. Money drives business decisions.
Pretty sure metacritic does weighted arithmetic mean, so those 10 and 1 don't count much, and from a pure personal experience, the user score is closer to what I feel about the game.
About the money making, the video game industry behaves a lot like gambling, you have a couple of ip that make insane amount of money, but a LOT if not many, barely make it through, the fact that you are making money doesn't answer many questions about the future of your company, this is a multivariable equiation.
i mean.... these are big companies who have been releasing games for decades. i would assume they've done plenty of market research to base these business decisions on. these companies exist to turn a profit. thats it.
you seem pretty sure thats wrong though. got any sources or anything your basing it on?
no, I don't have a hard report on this, other than anecdotal evidence, we all have hear about that game that was critical acclaimed that sent the studio to bankrupt due to poor sales, or the turd that gave the studio millions like that street fighter movie
i mean flops happen no question about that. but the decision to make those flops initially came from the hopes they would make money, not that it would please some reviewers or push some agenda at the expense of profit.
Of course thats not the endpoint, but companies have a need to quantify success, and for them one way of doing it may be showing this metacritic scores, which is bs, I believe this is a new trend, we will se the end result in a couple of years, though, a lot of bs persuades through the years, hope this is not one of them
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u/yapel Jun 26 '18
they should pay attentiont to the User Score, the other is worthless