This was already addressed, but it seems like fanboys are still causing trouble with their tendency to use Metacritic's user reviews as giant wang-measuring contests. Feeling the sting from having Killzone 2's user rating reduced to kibble by 360 fetishists, it would appear on the surface that Sony fans responded in kind to upcoming 360 exclusive Halo Wars, giving it a delightful 0.8 out of 10. That'll hurt sales!
This recently made news because people were wondering why Metacritic was still allowing this kind of silliness to continue. However, Metacritic has claimed that this was indeed dealt with, and the Halo Wars scoring happened before the new rules came into effect. Case closed, right? Maybe not.
See, we got to thinking, and we believe this might run far deeper. On the surface, this would indeed look like Microsoft and Sony fanboys having pissing competitions while fiddling with their testicles and snogging laminated photographs of Jack Tretton and Shane Kim. However, Jonathan Holmes offered a very intriguing question, one that has not been asked -- where were all the Nintendo fanboys when this was going down?
Indeed, Wii titles seemed relatively unscathed during the whole fiasco, while PS3 and Xbox 360 exclusives were the ones having their user ratings unfairly fiddled with. Far be it from us to suggest that certain waggle fans are the machiavellian villains pulling the strings here, but think about it. Who would get more pleasure from setting two factions against each other and then laughing like capricious Gods as they sip their chiante?
It's always the ones you least suspect.
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11:50 PM on 01.04.2009
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*looks into mirror*
*ahem*... as I was saying...
Sorry.
how come they can get a copy almost two months before the games release? does that mean its done and they're just sitting on it? fucking pr bullshit and the game still won't be advertised right until two months after its released.
Also, it's not Wii owners. It's the PC gamers. We love to see the console fanboys flame up.
That's just what we want you to think.
Soon those who do what Nintendon't will rise again and crush the competition. Shhh I've said too much already.
...or so the Germans would have us believe.
There are more Wii fans out there than you think, trust me. And no, not the casuals.
(Muahahahahaha!)
Operation ValkyrWii is a go!
or somebody's trying to pool the warring fanboys together to take out the innocent "also ran" in an effort to destroy it (as if third-parties in general haven't been doing enough to "do" just that) until the time they can continue their sissy slap fight.
See, conspiracy theories are easy to make.
I love you guys.
The reason for the Wii being unaffected, is because the kind of moron who thinks "X Company loves me!", doesn't see the Wii as a contender.
Go to 4chan, you'll see the silly wars starting with "200X - Year of the PS3" or "2000X - Year of the 360", completely ignoring the GameCube 1.5 + Waggle making fools of them all.
There aren't any.
Like seriously, what photo was that head of Reggie's shopped out of? I'd love to know the original context, was there a photo of him before he devoured a reporter to fuel his meaty powers?
Sips chianti.
The only Correct Explanation. Thinking otherwise means your an idiot.
Or so we want you to think...
-dramatic music-
Now onwards to youtube and the case of my favorite games videos getting a half star rating. Buthurt brigade GO!
But I'm curious why Metacritic even has user scores for games, especially after all this crap that went down. Take them off so you won't have to deal with this shit anymore. This is why the internet can't have nice things.
*Shakes Head*
"I guess theres only one way for this to go down"
*Pulls out wii mote and aims at head...*
They are pissed that so few outlets review the Wii versions of multi-platform games, even when they have superior attributes like Sonic Unleashed.
Overall, they are pissed that people keep saying the Wii isn't the best system ever when it is clearly the best system EVAR.
So don't assume that they are below a little childish hostility towards the over rated games on other consoles.
to the "hardcore gamers:" you guys remind me of last generation when i was so upset about noone buying the gamecube. don't worry though, you'll still get the games that you want to play. it's just that you are now the MINORITY in the gaming community. it happens, and there is no end in sight. too bad for you.
as someone who has been gaming since atari, i see this as the best time ever to be a gaming fan. i haven't played a system this much since the nes, and i'm completely satisfied with my purchase. oh, and i'm talking about the wii, just to be clear.
I split my time pretty evenly between the Wii and the 360. Both have plenty to offer. I don't know that I'd be quite as happy if the Wii were my only console, but I definitely don't regret buying it.
By the way, I think it's arguable that with gaming blogs a dime a dozen, it's hard to find any relevance amongst them as well. All you get is recycled information, with the only difference between sites being the voice in which it's delivered. Granted that's the nature of blogging in a nutshell, but still, it all just sort of melts together. All these sites are interchangeable.
You'd have to be a pretty big Wii fanboy to make a claim that the games on other consoles are overrated.
With all due respect, that's fucking retarded.
And honestly, Brawl is a great game, but it didn't get ignored. There were better games this year, period.