Read the infographic.
NoA: "there are more great games on Nintendo platforms than anywhere else!"
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7DollarHagane
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Right- the idea that users don't feel the need to shit on their user scores over being upset about something is a positive.
fluffydelusions
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Vampirolol
Member
The whole world sucks. It's my GOTY by far.
The glitch sucks but the 3DS version is otherwise superior; 2 screen interface and easy note taking >>> higher res. There's also a nice easter egg exclusive to the 3DS version but I don't want to spoil it.
Anyway, this gives VLR more exposure so I'm super glad it made it onto the list.
PS4 doesn't have Shovel Knight (yet)
LegendofDragoonLives
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Needs that if you have a PC or have 0 interest in the plethora 3rd party games that we do not have nor are getting any time in the future smallprint.
GuessMyUserName
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Pretty much. Everybody has come out with various versions of their own "we have the best games on our platform" on our platform. And it's quite a bit far from unique to the games industry.
Never surprised when I go to Canada's Largest Ribfest and see "best ribs" on literally every single venue adverts!
Nameless
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The simpler answer is Nintendo fans are notoriously loyal and accepting of Nintendo.
Opus Angelorum
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Just like most of NeoGAF?
hehehe
it'd be on there if it reviewed better
theprodigy
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I mean it's not that hard to rig it a little further to include Donkey Kong (and ORAS), they just didn't feel like it
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Here are the other platforms.
Vita (Retail, 85% & 8.5 user):
Persona 4 Golden - 93% (9.3)
Rayman Origins - 88% (8.5)
LBP - 88% (8.8)
Rayman Legends - 87% (8.7)
Tearaway - 87% (9.1)
FFX/X-2 HD - 86% (8.6)
PS4 (Retail, 85% & 8.5 user):
Last of Us Remastered - 95% (8.7)
Guilty Gear Xrd - 86% (8.5)
Xbox One (Retail, 85% & 8.5 user):
Nothing
By using the 8.5+ user rating, they discounted every high rated Xbox One game & almost every high rated PS4 game. And the retail requirement really hurt the Vita list since a lot of their best games are digital-only.
Vita (Retail, 85% & 8.5 user):
Persona 4 Golden - 93% (9.3)
Rayman Origins - 88% (8.5)
LBP - 88% (8.8)
Rayman Legends - 87% (8.7)
Tearaway - 87% (9.1)
FFX/X-2 HD - 86% (8.6)
PS4 (Retail, 85% & 8.5 user):
Last of Us Remastered - 95% (8.7)
Guilty Gear Xrd - 86% (8.5)
Xbox One (Retail, 85% & 8.5 user):
Nothing
By using the 8.5+ user rating, they discounted every high rated Xbox One game & almost every high rated PS4 game. And the retail requirement really hurt the Vita list since a lot of their best games are digital-only.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
I don't argue against indie's being incredibly important... but did you read the infographic?
It's talking about gifting. How big is the 'indie gifting market'?
I wager not worth including, since this is talking to parents doing holiday shopping at stores.
XD nice gif but really, I hate companies doing this childish stuff. And with Metacritic, my goodness, I know it's the only thing you can use for this comparison but no, just no. I can understand fanboys doing these things, but not the company itself.
There's quite a difference between "Wii U is the best place to play this holiday" and "ehi, look, the competition has less 85+ games than us LOL , we're the best!". (with actual numbers, forgetting DD games and not only those).
They both say the same thing, but the first, which is what Sony and Microsoft do most of the time as far as I know, is way more "elegant" or polite, call it as you wish.
I've noticed that difficult or complex games rarely resonate well with Journalists.
Maybe that is one of the reasons the AAA landscape has become so homogenized and streamlined. Game reviews push sales, and publishers are catering to the Journalists as the lowest common denominator.
IdreamofHIME
Member
How can it be on GOTY lists if it didn't review well?
Nintendo has spoken. 8.5 on metacritic or you're shite.
It's a silly, carefully cropped piece of PR. I rankle at the manipulation of statistics more than I do other forms of advertising.
Saying why your product is valuable doesn't bother me very much, even if it can sometimes inflate a product's value unrealistically; skewing statistics so that an entire forum of nerds has to work to unskew it to figure out how you came to these results bothers me more.
Saying why your product is valuable doesn't bother me very much, even if it can sometimes inflate a product's value unrealistically; skewing statistics so that an entire forum of nerds has to work to unskew it to figure out how you came to these results bothers me more.
entremet
Member
Great point!
Mushroomer25
Member
Well, I suppose. Including 3DS seems slightly misleading - since you really never consider a handheld to be a part of the same "generation" as a console. I've always viewed those as separate cycles.
Wow, it's like they did in on purpose.
DKCTF and ORAS were sacrificed for the greater good.
Yup.
well you said Nintendo threw it under the bus when it was really games journalists. if it would have reviewed better it'd be on this list.
User score 7.8 --> It doesn't count.
Tragicomedy
Member
I see they didn't mention the PC because LOL.
Linkstrikesback
Member
I'm sure someone else has already counted by now, but:
A quick look shows Vita has 8 85+ user and meta scores.
I somehow doubt that there isn't a single title on xbone/ps4 that meets the criteria.
A quick look shows Vita has 8 85+ user and meta scores.
I somehow doubt that there isn't a single title on xbone/ps4 that meets the criteria.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=139408762&postcount=155
I guess it's OK if there's not a specific named person who is making the claim.ModBot said:
So rare that something I read online makes me actually angry, but congrats, there it is. Fuck, I'll have to do a 'Why DKC:TF is GOTY' post to counter this rampant idiocy.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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User score under 8.5.
On a more serious note, there are indeed many great games on Nintendo platforms.
Oh lol
CosmicSmash
Banned
Well they arent lying.
gigantor21
Member
Something tells me that the forums of nerds are the only ones who give a shit either way.
I have to seriously wonder how much Metacritic factors into Nintendo sales relative to, say, brand loyalty/recognition and appeal to younger kids.
geordiemp
Member
I think consumers who PREFER Nintendo games, whether critics or users will already have a WiiU or plan to get one, and that the general gaming market is into the big multiplatform games and does not notice these sort of games or adverts.
Yeah, as far as marketing goes for gifting purposes, this chart ain't really that offensive. Shovel Knight meets the query and has been a game Nintendo's been proud of pimping ever since it came out (even tweeting about it when it won the award for best indie at TGAs). You'd think they'd list that too but it doesn't really fit what they're trying to do with this image.
It might be unnecessary to some but it's not exactly disingenuous.
SerTapTap
Member
Huh, so not only is it incredibly cherry picked and misleading, it's also lying. Really gross of Nintendo. Dont' be Ubisoft, Nintendo.
Apparently not. I'm spending Christmas with my nieces and nephews. Only one knows about the WiiU, but couldn't care less as he's been playing Sunset Overdrive on his X1 (fantastic game btw). The others are playing games on their smart devices, had no clue the WiiU exists, and show no interest in what games are on it. :/
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Bayonetta? Rayman Legends? VLR?
And HD ports? Really Nintendo?
The actually fact they had to list both Bayonetta 1 and 2 and New SMB on both systems plus the HD ports of SMW and Zelda and games that are actually on other systems!?
It says all you need to know.
Bayonetta? Rayman Legends? VLR?
And HD ports? Really Nintendo?
The actually fact they had to list both Bayonetta 1 and 2 and New SMB on both systems plus the HD ports of SMW and Zelda and games that are actually on other systems!?
It says all you need to know.
Just padding the list, lol