Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/17/54 11:45

Mattinglyfan (nospam@bigmommashouse.com) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> > It's worse than that. *All* the PSP games there seem to get over 50%,
> > because until they have enough ratings, they don't get a number (likely
> > to make sure a first rating that is low won't show up as "this game
> > sucks"). So, 70% is really closer to "half the people like it, half
> > don't".
> >
>
> Do you know what you are even talking about? I already pointed out quite a
> few games (6) with over 87% that have more than 60 ratings. WTF would bring
> you to to the conclusion that 70% is closer to "half the people like it,
> half don't".

When the lowest composite rating for *any* game at gamerankings.com is 50%,
that means that no games that completely suck are being reviewed by
anybody. So, 50% becomes "this is the worst possible game that anybody
would ever buy for PSP".

Then, when a game scores 70% in the composite, that means that about half
the reviewers thought it was less than "70% good". Since 50% is the worst
score anybody gives, that means that 70% is just average for all the games
released for PSP. If a review ends up with a score of less than "average",
it's tough to claim the reviewer really liked the game (when *good* games
regularly get scores of much higher than the average of 70%).

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