There's also a selection bias going on with the reviews: There are thousands of games coming out every year, so why would a publication pay someone to write reviews of the games everybody knows are going to be bad, and that readers aren't interested in reading?
Couldn't the same be said for movies of music? I don't think most people set out to make mediocre media. There's nothing special about games in this regard.
> don't think most people set out to make mediocre media.
Heh I’m not sure. I’ve been following the drama around CA and total war recently and the company seems to have set to do exactly that. Pump out mediocre recycled crap as long as people keep buying it. Except this time it’s blown up on them.
At least it's better than the scale used by many outlets to rate wine, where 80/100 is for wines they consider undrinkable, and 91/100 is a pretty good mid-level wine.
