Defying Review Aggregation

Logiksan writes "With the growing number of review aggregation sites like GameRankings and RottenTomatoes, it's becoming increasingly harder for individual game critics to be heard. GameDAILY Biz took a stab at the issue at came up with 5 aggregation-defiant tactics designed to help make reviews relevant again. Among their list of ideas is to destroy the typical review grading curve. The article states, 'If, for instance, a publication could establish a 10 point scale in which reviews were based upon purchase value and average games scored only a 3 or a 4, the higher scores would certainly become far more important. The lower scores would give the publication instant credibility as 'discerning gamers' and would free up the top scores (5-10) to show a more full range of differentiation for the top-tier titles gamers care about most.'"

Comments

Aggregation not the problem

[yotto]

I don't read game reviews any more, but not because of access to aggregation sites. I don't read them any more because they are generally paid ads for the game or fanboys who just go on and on about how great it is that Joanna Dark's boobs are made from so many polygons.