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[DR3AM]

Games that review well quiet often sell well, games that review mediocre and poor sell like crap.

If you are a reviewer, instead of giving a game 7.4, just make up a lie and say the game is a solid 8.3.

That way, lots of people will get to keep their jobs and we get more games. After Covid, game development has not been easy for developers and publishers. Give them a break.

 

[Robochobo]

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

That already happens and it has detrimental effects on the industry.

Redfall is an example...

 

[ultrazilla]

Games that review well quiet often sell well, games that review mediocre and poor sell like crap.

If you are a reviewer, instead of giving a game 7.4, just make up a lie and say the game is a solid 8.3.

That way, lots of people will get to keep their jobs and we get more games. After Covid, game development has not been easy for developers and publishers. Give them a break.

"Take this beater car and drive cross country and when you break down in the middle of a desert give the car a nice review because the car industry is suffering!"

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[R6Rider]

 

[Topher]

 

[TintoConCasera]

This might be a hot take, but how about they don't make shitty games instead?

 

[FunkMiller]

Just the biggest pile of dumb imaginable right here.

 

[Kilau]

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Or.... Developers could just make good games? We can then leave all the deception at the door, you fucking lunatic.

 

[Jigsaah]

Games that review well quiet often sell well, games that review mediocre and poor sell like crap.

If you are a reviewer, instead of giving a game 7.4, just make up a lie and say the game is a solid 8.3.

That way, lots of people will get to keep their jobs and we get more games. After Covid, game development has not been easy for developers and publishers. Give them a break.

Well since you haven't thought this through...what happens when they review a game positively and the people who buy it find out it's actually a pile of dogshit?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Games that review well quiet often sell well, games that review mediocre and poor sell like crap.

If you are a reviewer, instead of giving a game 7.4, just make up a lie and say the game is a solid 8.3.

That way, lots of people will get to keep their jobs and we get more games. After Covid, game development has not been easy for developers and publishers. Give them a break.

Fitting username

 

[winjer]

That would just tank consumer trust, even further.
Do you want another crash, where people no longer care to buy games, because they think everything is crap?

 

[T4keD0wN]

Ok, got it. Ill do that, next youll tell me to donate a million dollars to help those poor companies because of their self inflicted failures.

I will do that too, worry not (i just wont be awake while doing so)

 

[LordOfChaos]

Big bruh moment

All they'd do is nuke their credibility further

 

[adamsapple]

It's too early to be the weekend.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[ahtlas7]

They already do and ain’t sav’n shit.

 

[AV]

I bet you wanna fuck that Jigglypuff don't you

 

[Guilty_AI]

Do you think companies haven't tried that already? There are reasons for game reviewers having no credibility these days.

 

[Kumomeme]

what a hot take but i can see why

it is hurt to see games got damaged by review bombing or unfair rating but in the end the root cause is the rating system itself IMO. there is lot detrimental impact and the concern that been voiced out is is nothing new. what industry need is actually to do is stop rely on the system as a sole measurement. either abolish it or revamp it with more subjective fair assesment system than just simple numbering of 1-10.

however with current situation, it is more than just about rating. already far pass beyond that point now. we even see higher rating games struggle to break number sold and we see a top studio still end up having a lay off. at this point rating cant help much IMO. the cost and development time getting longer and market trend especially with newer generations is changing. mere rating or Game Award's accolades wont fix that.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

 

[SEGAvangelist]

That used to be the way of the world. Now it's even worse where reviewers actually think people care what they say. The answer is for traditional gaming media to just die.

 

[ReBurn]

Seems like the better option would be for developers to make good games, but what do I know?

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

God, I love this place.

 

[Punished Miku]

It would work for a little while. Then when people figure out its not useful to read reviews they would die too. Already partially happened.

 

[Rac3r]

Lots of games review well and still sell like crap. Hi-Fi Rush was critically acclaimed and the entire studio shut down a year later. This industry is fucked.

 

[tmlDan]

 

[FoxMcChief]

Don’t they already? Have you seen Horizon reviews?

 

[Solidus_T]

Awesome thread lmao. I'm sure you know it already happens a lot, especially with a certain publisher

 

[Fake]

They already doing this for quite sometime. Their integrity is almost as their competency.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Yes, give everything a 10/10 and it will magically save the game industry! By the gods, I love this place!

 

[Magic Carpet]

Misinformation, Lies and Agenda.
The Internet.

 

[fart town usa]

They've been lying for years already . Bulk of AAA gets 10/10 and then AA are the sacrificial lambs that get roasted, in an effort to show that such and such journalist is capable of being critical. "Feels dated"

It's all backwards.

 

[Shadowstar39]

OP, I hope you are trolling... I really do.

Lowering the standards is ridiculous.

Sorry we see this in the real world for other things to devastating results.

Lets "make it so SATs aren't needed so less studious get into ivy league schools.
Lets lower standards so its "more equal", so we can get more x people in, who cares if its a medical doctor or airplane piolot.
Lets let people not post bail and go free after arrested to be more fair.
lets make it so there is no weigh requirement for fire fighters so we can "get more women" involved.
Lets push dei into everything.. to even the field.
Lets have consultant groups re-write our scripts.
Lets lie about reviews to save the industry.

You see how that fits in?
All this means no hierarchy of achievement. You take away excellence and goals and you are left with mediocrity and shit.
You need reviews, as developers who do well need to know it. Failure is a learning experience.
You learn from your mistakes. Push woke shit and people don't buy (saints row reboot), company goes bye bye as it lost millions. (unless you are Disney then you fail upwards and more slop gets greenlit)

Imagine people lying about Saints row reboot in reviews. The signal would be that you can get away with crap woke shit , and bugs and it will still score good. Other studios would follow suit and we would be left with more shit.
Redfall failing was deserved.
Saints row reboot failing -deserved.

Only one I take issue with is Tango , and that was all MS being shitty MS. That's their mo. They did it with so many studios. That game had great reviews btw...so it doesn't do what you want.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Games that review well quiet often sell well, games that review mediocre and poor sell like crap.

If you are a reviewer, instead of giving a game 7.4, just make up a lie and say the game is a solid 8.3.

That way, lots of people will get to keep their jobs and we get more games. After Covid, game development has not been easy for developers and publishers. Give them a break.

 

[Shut0wen]

A majority of good reviews actually sell like pure shit, yet you can make the worst cod ever mw3 and sell like shit

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Hellblade with the same MC as Stellar Blade. If that's not lying, I don't know what it is.

 

[Draugoth]

I should lie to my wife about fucking her BFF to save my marriage.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Looks like PCGamer is already onboard with OP's plan.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Hellblade with the same MC as Stellar Blade. If that's not lying, I don't know what it is.

Hellblade protag:

Stellar Blade protag:

I can see why from these "reviewers."

 

[FunkMiller]

I just think it's nice that people from Kotaku feel they can post here.

 

[R6Rider]

LIVE tag is here lol

 

[Fake]

AI will replace you all.

 

[calistan]

Games companies have PR departments dedicated to getting the best possible reviews for their games, so this already happens to a certain extent.

Back when I worked on games mags there was a senior PR woman (former journalist) who prided herself on her ability to secure a particular tame reviewer or a guaranteed score for her games. Like, I'll give you early review code if you can promise me a 9, or I'll only give the code to Freelancer X and you'll need to go through him.

 

[TintoConCasera]

AI will replace you all.

No need for the "I" when it comes to videogame journalism.

 

[Zheph]