Mibu no ookami
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I can't help but wonder whether the return of ratings on PSN might be the harbinger of verified reviews on Metacritic.
They should be able to easily use APIs to hook into Sony, Microsoft, and Steam at this point.
I noticed that you have to purchase, download, or add to the library in order to actually rate titles. Can't recall if that was the case in the past, so wondering if Metacritic will add verified reviews and if they do what they'll do with unverified reviews. Of course, they want the traffic from review bombing, so my guess is if they do integrate, they'll do something along the lines where there is a filter or toggle.
I think verified user reviews have been a long time coming and wonder if Sony might be doing this in advance of the release of Spider-Man 2 to prevent review bombing from impacting sales.
I don't think Nintendo has had to really deal with this as much, so maybe they'll sit this one out.
They should be able to easily use APIs to hook into Sony, Microsoft, and Steam at this point.
I noticed that you have to purchase, download, or add to the library in order to actually rate titles. Can't recall if that was the case in the past, so wondering if Metacritic will add verified reviews and if they do what they'll do with unverified reviews. Of course, they want the traffic from review bombing, so my guess is if they do integrate, they'll do something along the lines where there is a filter or toggle.
I think verified user reviews have been a long time coming and wonder if Sony might be doing this in advance of the release of Spider-Man 2 to prevent review bombing from impacting sales.
I don't think Nintendo has had to really deal with this as much, so maybe they'll sit this one out.