Investigating Bias In Videogame Review Sites

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday November 4, 2003 @11:29AM from the biased-towards-printing-this dept.

jvm writes "We've all read comments that some videogame sites are allegedly biased for or against some games, consoles, or companies. So, Curmudgeon Gamer has investigated whether bias can be seen in the review scores over several games on each console. The review sites in question are GameSpot, GameSpy, and IGN, each of whom are compared to the game review averages on GameRankings. Additionally, a selection of review scores for crossplatform games are examined. While solid conclusions are difficult to draw and improvements can admittedly be made, perhaps people will find these results interesting to examine and discuss."

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my two cents by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-04 15:45 · Score: 1, Informative

my only problem with the article is that it is based on USER REVIEWS (the term he keeps using), and not the SITE REVIEWS, when the article was stated to be about whether or the SITES are biased and not if their READERS were biased. This also doesn't take into account the people that have no lives and will sit their and submit bad Xbox/PS2/GC game reviews on gamerankings without even owning the system, just to show their fanboyism.

Sorry I'm posting as Anonymous Coward, I just don't feel like setting up an account right now. I will post my e-mail though, nickerboy@aol.com