I thank all N4G users for their support to my last post. Let me tell you that I am a review analyst by profession in a company named Milestone Interactive Ltd. In my last post I provided you all with some perfect review facts, and now I am gonna share some more facts regarding our beloved site Metacritic. I am sure mostly everyone knows the ridiculous metascore conversion of (A) to (100), (A-) to (91), (C) to 50 etc. But what I am gonna provide you with, is their faulty calculation and biased interpretation. Let me start by review aggregates:-
Note:- I have calculated each and every games's aggregate. The real score is based on the the same reviews which are included by metacritic. I have not included any extra review for any game. They have just not calculated it properly.
1.Skyward Sword
Real Score-94.06 Expected Metascore-94 Actual Metascore-95
2.LittleBigPlanet 2
Real Score-91.02 Expected Metascore-91 Actual Metascore-92
3.Portal 2(PS3)
Real Score-94.13 Expected Metascore-94 Actual Metascore-95
4.Portal 2(360)
Real Score-94.15 Expected Metascore-94 Actual Metascore-95
5.GTA IV(360)
Real Score-97.16 Expected Metascore-97 Actual Metascore-98
6.GTA III(PS2)
Real Score-96.34 Expected Metascore-96 Actual Metascore-97
7.Halo: Combat Evolved
Real Score-96.05 Expected Metascore-96 Actual Metascore-97
8.Half Life 2
Real Score-96.60 Expected Metascore-96 Actual Metascore-97
9.God of War III
Real Score-92.71 Expected Metascore-93 Actual Metascore-92
10.MW 2(360)
Real Score-93.19 Expected Metascore-93 Actual Metascore-94
11.Halo 3
Real Score-93.32 Expected Metascore-93 Actual Metascore-94
Note:- I am not trying to justify which game is better, I am just giving out facts. Its a shame that Metacrtic, being the most famous aggregator is making blunders in aggregating. Please provide your thoughts below.
I will adding more games soon.............
Many people here do not agree with the word biased, so let me put forth some more points. I guess everyone is aware that Metacritic has an "All Time High Score" list. On that list Batman: Arkham City(PS3) is on top of Bioshock and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves all being 96, but actually if you calculate, Batman has a metascore of 96.02 whereas Bioshock and Uncharted 2 is 96.19, so Batman should be placed below both of these games but it isn't. There are many such faults. What do you guys have to say about that?
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Does anyone really care about Metacritic?
I really think this is actually some interesting research, but tossing around the word "biased" has basically lost the impact it used to have. If there's a way to do it, I'd try contacting metacritic and asking for an explanation on this data. You have found faults in their aggregate scoring; however, that doesn't mean you have found an ulterior motive.
Metacritic has their own way of calculating the metascore.It's not merely an average. Credible sites have more weight given to their score