I think this Penny Arcade cartoon sums it up nicely

I play my consoles standing. Naked.

Metalscarz

It's true he does

Average console gamer

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These two could get married and breed little consolers ... shudders

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Going by thoose numbers it looks to be more or less the same 3.5 million people downloading games ... i.e. the habitual pirates ... the ones who must download content for the sake of downloading content.

They are probably all at the stage now that they cant help themselves ... would any of these people have bought the game if they couldn't download it?

I would suggest that the majority would not have. Half of them probably didnt even bother installing them or if they did, it was for 10 minutes before they moved on to the next download.

I dunno. I dont really like Star Trek all that much.illmatic87

lol gold

I doff my cap to you sir

Yep. That's what happens when PC gamers eat all of our food; we starve. Console gaming R.I.P.

LightLink66

I think PC gamers might already be too late to eat all the food!!!

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But that is just your opinion ( well and maybe a few other people too ) and there will be people who disagree!! All reviews are subjective and you cannot mark a game down now because of what might happen in 12 months time!

Makes me chuckle everytime I see something like this, people thinking review scores are "facts" rather than opinions.

SadPSPAddict

And who said scores are fact?

In my opinion there shouldn't even be any scores for reviews. Tell me what is good about the game, what is new and different, what it does better than other games in the genre, what it does worse than other games in the genre. Is it fun? Is it boring? What could be done better.

If you are going to add a score next to it, make sure that it is comparitive to what else is already available in the genre ... not just what is available on the platform. Got nothing to do with what may happen in 12 months time.

You did - by saying Halo was the best.....

I agree regarding scores - I don't pay much attention to the number, I always read the words. I often find that something the reviewer dislikes is something I won't mind or will even like. I also think comparisons to other games aren't particularly helpful unless you happen to have played said other game!

Surely the score should reflect one thing only - how much fun was the game to play! :D

Halo was a release title that released the same time as the Xbox ... there were no other FPS's on the Xbox other than Halo on release ... ergo it was the best.

Was it the best FPS available at the time, considering the PC had lots available already??

How can a score reflect fun ... when my idea fun may be different than your idea fun, and your idea of fun may different from the reviewers idea of fun?

About time too ... this stupid 8-10 score range they had effectievly locked themselves into was going nowhere quick.

IMO should do away with scores altogether

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Was Halo the best FPS on the XBOX? Yes it was.

SadPSPAddict

But that is just your opinion ( well and maybe a few other people too ) and there will be people who disagree!! All reviews are subjective and you cannot mark a game down now because of what might happen in 12 months time!

Makes me chuckle everytime I see something like this, people thinking review scores are "facts" rather than opinions.

Ummm what other first person shooter was on the Xbox when Halo came out?

And who said scores are fact?

In my opinion there shouldn't even be any scores for reviews. Tell me what is good about the game, what is new and different, what it does better than other games in the genre, what it does worse than other games in the genre. Is it fun? Is it boring? What could be done better.

If you are going to add a score next to it, make sure that it is comparitive to what else is already available in the genre ... not just what is available on the platform. Got nothing to do with what may happen in 12 months time.

Always makes me chuckle when "holier than thou" types make assumptions.