Evolution of a MetaCritic
Posted on : 12-06-2009 | By : Nathaniel | In : Metadata
Tags: console, data, manufacturer, metacritic, platform, PS3, publisher, Wii, XBox 360
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In recent years, there has become an increasing reliance on metacritic scores as the executive bar of success in the video game industry. There is no question that these scores are transforming the way games are judged and marketed. Not surprisingly, there is ongoing gunslinging between manufacturers, publishers, and developers over which games and platforms are the best in terms of these scores. This is a question that we are very interested to answer, both qualitatively and quantitatively here at LudoGrind. While scores vary tremendously by platform, genre, publisher, and a plethora of other segments, I figured it would be good to start at the top in terms of overall average scores by platform. On May 1, I took a snapshot:
