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Reviews on N4G: Can We Get Rid of Them?

I really don't want to sound like I am whining here. I just think that this is an actual problem that needs to be addressed. Every time a big title comes out we see reviews for that game every single day from a different website. Does N4G really need this?

I have already seen a handful of reviews for Alan Wake and I am sure we will see a mess of Red Dead Revolver reviews soon enough. I like review, I really do. But can we get some sort of system in place where we can just post a link to metacritic or maybe N4G can just get their own aggregate of sorts.

Maybe I am alone on this. Does the continuous string of games reviews bother anybody else?

RememberThe3575850d ago

The pending section get filled with all kind of reviews from ever game site under the sun. Most of them are only ever even acknowledged when they are being approved. They seem like a waist of space (for readers of the site) and time (for contributors who approve them to get them out of the way for the real news).

Myst5850d ago

Doesn't really bother me that much, but it's kind of interesting to see a flood of reviews come in to which no one seems to look or even comment on. Most of the time the reviews that do come in our months late. I know there are different release dates for various countries, but sometimes that isn't even the problem at the time. I wouldn't say do away with the reviews but do something with them.

Before the new site had gone live a few posters stated how they would have liked sub-categories with each individual field. Reviews, Previews, etc. Only problem I can see is how this all would come to the front page, it would be back at square one.

So not really sure what one can do with it, but personally wouldn't do away with them. That's just me.

Rowland5850d ago

Reviews are a great indicator and guide to buying a game so they're very important. And the more reviews* the better as collectively they offer a balanced view of how the game is likely to play.

* trusted, established sites

bshubinsky5850d ago

I don't really see the problem. Plus, N4G uses this site to push out news and ratings to their sister site VGreleases. I wouldn't imagine the review featuring going away.

It definitely needs to be streamlined and maybe filtered for those who choose not to view it.

Christopher5849d ago

Reviews are gaming news. Getting rid of them is not the answer.

Perhaps filtering them off the front page would be a better.

Also, no way in heck would I ever want to see a link to metacritic on here. That's just the absolutely wrong thing to do if you want to get the best gaming news considering their weighted and altered point scales for determining game scores only hurts the gaming community by rewriting how many sites score a game.

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Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

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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.

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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.

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Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

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Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

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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.

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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

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