Will reviewers who imported the Vita and games lead to lower review scores?

Sony releasing Vita in Japan first was a bad move, Nintendo was right in releasing in all territories. Even then Sony should have pushed the Vita in the US or EU not Jp imo.

Alot of Reviewers in the US imported copies of the Vita games so will the extended period of time with the Vita cause the games to recieve lower scores?

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How does this even work?charizard1605

My bad for not ellaborating, usually hype and initial impressions effect a review from my opinion (I am not saying that is a fact).

Do you think that reviewers would give Grand Theft Auto IV a 10 if they played it for months before reviewing it, in my view I feel there would be less 10s.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]How does this even work?dark_drag765

My bad for not ellaborating, usually hype and initial impressions effect a review from my opinion (I am not saying that is a fact).

Do you think that reviewers would give Grand Theft Auto IV a 10 if they played it for months before reviewing it, in my view I feel there would be less 10s.

Why would that lead to lower review scores?

It got a 9.5, because it was an import copy.charizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]It got a 9.5, because it was an import copy.Cherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="charizard1605"]It got a 9.5, because it was an import copy.charizard1605

Makes perfect sense.

First of all, NA review sites should not be reviewing imports, unless you can only get that game as an import.

First of all, NA review sites should not be reviewing imports, unless you can only get that game as an import.

dream431ca

Why not?

First of all, NA review sites should not be reviewing imports, unless you can only get that game as an import.

dream431ca

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Tikeio

:lol: It says a thousand words, the most important being... "what?"

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]

First of all, NA review sites should not be reviewing imports, unless you can only get that game as an import.

JLF1MarkII

Why not?

How can they comment on the voice acting and dialogue translation of the NA version?

[QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]

First of all, NA review sites should not be reviewing imports, unless you can only get that game as an import.

SuperFlakeman

Why not?

How can they comment on the voice acting and dialogue translation of the NA version?

Reviewers tend to not like nintendo much which is like their only competition. I wouldn't worry about the scores.

[QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]

First of all, NA review sites should not be reviewing imports, unless you can only get that game as an import.

SuperFlakeman

Why not?

How can they comment on the voice acting and dialogue translation of the NA version?

3DS came out first in Japan too.SaltyMeatballs

And look how poor the reviews were for those games once they hit the US :P

Isn't that proof enough that the TC is correct? :o

If reviewers are going to import games, than I believe they should score it accordingly in a timely basis, meaning don't wait until 3 weeks for the launch to then score it. The reviewer's personal hype would be gone and he/she could judge the game differently than if the game was scored say, 3 days after playing it? I think most reviewers would know this

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]3DS came out first in Japan too.JLF1MarkII

And look how poor the reviews were for those games once they hit the US :P

It's that proof enough that the TC is correct? :o

Some of the hype may be gone.

But hey, at least we get a more accurate review.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="charizard1605"]The review states it was an import copycharizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"] I mean that it got 9.5 because they imported it, though maybe you just worded it funny. If so never mind.ms555

[QUOTE="ms555"][QUOTE="charizard1605"] Oh, what I meant to say was, TC's point is that game review scores are inflated because of release hype, and that Vita game scores will suffer because of the gap between Japanese and western releases (which will enable the initial release hype to fade away and for reviewers to be more critical of a game's faults). In other words, Vita's launch titles will be scored lower than they could have. I used Golden Abyss's Destructoid score as an example by stating that its high score (based on an import copy) will probably be the outlier once all is said and done. The post was vague though, I agree.TheEroica

Sony releasing Vita in Japan first was a bad move, Nintendo was right in releasing in all territories. Even then Sony should have pushed the Vita in the US or EU not Jp imo.

Alot of Reviewers in the US imported copies of the Vita games so will the extended period of time with the Vita cause the games to recieve lower scores?

dark_drag765

I know what you mean. There's already such a negative attitude surrounding the device that it might turn out to be the "cool" thing to hate when it finally arrives. It's almost as if there is no first impression for the rest of the market, because since sales have been bad a lot of people automatically think "wow this device must suck." It's like having someone hand you a film and say, "you need to watch this it is considered to be one of the worst piles of craps ever released."