Metacritic: Game Quality Up in 2010

July 8, 2010

Metacritic says that videogame quality has proven to be better in the first half of 2010, according to the review scores the site aggregates. This is interesting because, despite the data Metacritic has gathered, videogame sales have started to decline considerably. Metacritic's "2010 midyear report" cites scores for Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mass Effect 2, and Red Dead Redemption. These games outscored 2009's highest scoring game, Street Fighter IV. Review scores were generally higher in the first half of 2010, with only 16 games falling below the 50 point mark - that's down from 25 in 2009.

By platform, Nintendo DS titles scored an average of 75.5; PlayStation 3 and PC each recieved an average score of 75; and the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Portable were slightly under an average score of 75. While the Xbox 360 seemed to suffer the most in its average score, it was also the platform of choice for writers reviewing multi-platform games. Basically that means that crappy multi-platform games didn't affect other platforms like PC and PS3.

Source: Gamasutra

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Re: Metacritic: Game Quality Up in 2010

Submitted by deuxhero on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 18:41.

Given the state of gaming journalism (Gestermangate, Oblivion is no longer completely flawless 10/10 but has huge flaws as soon as Fallout 3 needs to be hyped), I guess media bribery budgets don't get decreased in a recession.

Re: Matacritic: Game Quality Up in 2010

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 08:24.

The main reason they are up.....is standards are low.....

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Re: Matacritic: Game Quality Up in 2010

Submitted by Bennett Beeny on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 07:05.

"Metacritic says that videogame quality has proven to be better in the first half of 2010, according to the review scores the site aggregates."

Alternatively, quality is the same or worse, but more fanboys are posting reviews on Metacritic.

Re: Matacritic: Game Quality Up in 2010

Submitted by funkyj on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 03:09.

This is interesting because, despite the data Metacritic has gathered, videogame sales have started to decline considerably

A global recession and rise in unemployment are to blame for the decline in videogame sales, nothing else, so it's not interesting at all.

Re: Matacritic: Game Quality Up in 2010

Submitted by gellymatos on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 00:07.

And this is only the first half. There other games that may do as well this year, be it Mafia II, True Crime: Hong Kong, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Fallout: New Vegas, Fable 3, and others. Perhaps I'm being hasty, but this looks like it will be a good year.

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