Jimquisition: Metacritic Isn't the Problem

[Kanatatsu]

hard to say game companies are using metacritic "wrong" when you can easily map projections (i.e., whether a game meets/exceeds them or not) directly to metacritic scores.

it's still a business, and the goal is to *sell games*. a high metacritic score sells more games, period. hence the focus on it.

 

[Ashcrexl]

I just love how the description doesnt even address the topic of this week's episode at all.

 

[bushwhacker2k]

I had actually assumed Metacritic had some kind of deal going with a lot of industry contacts, because it seems so excessively prevalent.

The way Jim talks about it makes it seem like this isn't the case, which raises the question to me, "Why IS metacritic so renown?" I genuinely don't get it, it's a review website...