primordial, it took me ten minutes to come up with those results. all i did was copy a table into excel and did an average and median function on them. maybe the level of intellect required (which isn't much) to do what i did was beyond what you could possibly comprehend. like i said it was a ten minute job but you wouldn't know that - would you??
i feel sorry for you. notice i didn't even bother to disagree (in fact i never ever bother to use the disagree button) or ignore yo...
whatever.. i probably own more ms products than you purchased in your whole life..
btw i never talked down ms or the xbox in this post - i think you are the fanboy here..
i didn't even talk up MAG .. did you see me in any other low scoring MAG review post?? no you didn't .. i have never complained about MAG getting a low score from any other review..
the reason i did this analysis was i got fed up with people saying biased this and that.. and guess what...
did you read the comments? no one here said mag deserves a 10.
i didn't even mention mag was a good game either. all i mentioned is that it is no suprise that edge scored mag lower than the average review by a mile.
i am not crying. i find it funny,
mint royal
read my original statement:
"the result: edge marks ps3 exclusives vs meta MEDIANS a whopping full+ grade (12 points) lower than the metacritic average. xbox exclusives only get marked 3 points less than meta averages by edge. this is statistically significant given that the standard 2x deviation of these reviews are generally under 10 points."
as for averages. the 2x standard deviation of meta scores is below 12 and above 7 and hen...
not really this article was written last year (notice the most recent game on the list is quite old now) but funnily enough it still rings true because edge still reviews ps3 exclusives much lower than metacritic averages.
edge are pretty consistent in dumping on ps3 games.. they are the ONLY MAJOR PERIODICALS that dumps on ps3 games.. don't ask me why.. i have no idea..
edit: add the ps3 exclusives and xbox 360 eclusives you see towards the end of lat year and you...
http://www.edge-online.com/...
it's funny that the edge review doesn't mention anything about glitches in MW2 but spends paragraphs on glitches in MAG.. as far as i am aware MW2 glitches >>>>>>> MAG glitches.. and that is saying something given the size and scope of MAG..
but seriously, am i suprised by EDGE reviews... no not at all.. EDGE has...
not really.. you scaredy cat..
i need a 3d tv.. very tempted to get one this year..
bargain ordered six for wrap around 3d gaming
this reminds me of the "ratchet and clank" has too much variety article..
for the currency traders out there.
i think we are at a cyclical low in usdyen so have gone tentatively long.
Aquanox the 2mio Worldwide sales you talk about includes pc sales also single platform uncharted 2 wasn't far from a million Worldwide in its First week (google it if you don't believe). Uncharted 2 sold almost half a million in the us in its first week . Me 2 is estimated at 700k in Us in its first week and that is with double the ps3 installbase to when uc 2 was launched.
Oh btw me2 is not just rpg- it is very attractive to shooter fans since it has strong shooter elements
Cold 2000 to be fair you are using. Usa sales numbers
When uc2 was launched there were just over 10million ps3 in north america
When mass effect 2 was launched there were almost 20million xbox 360 in north america.
Even now there are almost twice as many xbox 360 in north america as ps3
bargain i will have three
sony marketing is undoubtedly poor but....
to be honest ps3 exclusives do sell - they only get beaten by the enormous established multi-platform franchises that come with large marketing budgets..
for example:
infamous beat prototype and every other sandbox game aprt from gta4
mlb show beat mlb2k
gt prologue/motorstorm beat all other racers
demon souls beats every other rpg incl. dragon age apart from ff13
uncharted 2 beats assas...
from what i read the hv wasn't hacked.. not yet..
i am defo getting an ipad... 620 bucks for ipad with 3g is done deal for me..
shame it doesn't support flash.. flash is very useful for watching videos online.. education videos of course if you know what i mean.. nudge nudge wink wink ;)
i have been to japan.. monsterhunter is very successful but why buy a console for a game that might or might not be coming.. dumb if you ask me.. mh was frozen for the ps3 years ago and even then it was just at the concept stage... so if anyone buys a ps3 for monster hunter they are pretty daft.. buy a ps3 for kz, uncharted etc etc etc but monster hunter.. err.. no
until they see the price for the thing.. analyst expect 700 bucks.. preferring is a different matter to affording..
i would probably get one but they aren't cheap..
did you read my comments?? i doubt you did..
i cared about people complaining about EDGE being biased.. i don't care about EDGE.. i really don't care about them.. they can give ps3 games crap scores if they want.. not my problem..
remember when ign gave mag a 7 - did i care?? no i didn't.. when nowgamer gave MAG a 6 - did i care?? no i didn't.. not once.. i didn't even complain about reviewings of MAG BETAs we saw.. so why should i cry if EDGE give a six when i ne...