@spac3dmonk3y: If it is like their last explanation, it is because of the Xbone and the PS4. If the One X and Pro can do it, it would be "unfair" to those who don't have them playing against each other.
@spac3dmonk3y: They are shorting every gamer by offering a game that is all smoke and mirrors and little to no depth. And the first time around, 30fps was not a big deal to me, but after a few years of playing games in 60fps, it is hard to see 30 as acceptable anymore from games like this with such an online focus.
@Thanatos2k: Ohhhhhhh, you underestimate the internet. Conclusions will be drawn, and useful they will be to the one coming up with them in how they fit their belief system. Have you ever seen Pew Research on Facebook? Informational research articles often have numerous silly conclusions based not as much on the research findings, but more on personal feelings and assumptions.
@Keaze_: While I would also like to see how they obtained that sample, I think you are making a mistake thinking your personal experiences reflect all Xbox One owners.
If MS did conduct this survey, then there is certainly reason to be a little skeptical of the findings. However, since the goals are for developers, I am not sure they are as biased or faulty as you appear to think.
@jablocanas: Their reviews rely on a convoluted and ego driven scale of measurement. 1-10 points is pushing it, but adding decimals, or basically having a 100 point scale makes me wonder what the point of that is, what logic they are using (that they think they have) to promote such a silly scale. A game is good, great, o.k., bad, or terrible. Giving things a 6.3, what is the discernible difference between a 6.2 and a 6.4? I have a hard time seeing the point in the difference between a 5 and a 6 game when o.k. does a damn fine job of describing both of those. Is someone really going to say "well, it got a 7.4, so I am going to pass. If it got a 7.5, I may have considered it." It is just not realistic and serves no purpose other than to feed one's ego.
Decimals are something most people most likely wouldn't give a crap about except someone who view themselves, in some way, as superior in their video game knowledge assessments to where they have to put that in. These are games. Decimals are a way to draw attention to themselves and try to appear more knowledgeable and serious about games than others. Something so subjective cannot be graded with decimals, or what is essentially a 100 point scale. No one needs to over-analyze the crap out of these things.
I think this is a transparent attempt at trying to get people to come to their site. Believing they are the foremost authorities on games and other stuff. They take themselves too seriously on topics which it is not necessary, or allow for it. I think Greg was the last one to not take things so seriously.
Gamespot does not, to me, have that approach. Or, at least not to that level.
@jablocanas: IGN has one of the most convoluted game scoring systems I have seen. They are really full of themselves and are overconfident in their knowledge when it comes to video games. I stopped going when Greg left, because he was the last one to not take things so seriously. Now IGN is what youtube channels, like red letter media, mock. They are a gaming website which is supposed to push out news and reviews, they are not saving the world.
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