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...putting the user ratings on reviews to good use? Currently, the charts on SR's website "are based on Special Reserve sales (including back orders) via mail order, shops and this internet site."
Which is a good indicator of what the mainstream public are buying. But what about the avid gamers, us lot? If we take the time to submit a decent review and rate a product, surely that rating should be given a bit more weight than basing charts on what joe bloggs is buying?
I for one would value the opinion of gamers rather than the value of unit sales as an indication of how good a game is, so my suggestion would be to have ANOTHER charts page compiled on user ratings.
Easy for me to suggest, it might be another thing altogether to actually code it, but YOU KNOW it would be a good thing, surely?
Which is a good indicator of what the mainstream public are buying. But what about the avid gamers, us lot? If we take the time to submit a decent review and rate a product, surely that rating should be given a bit more weight than basing charts on what joe bloggs is buying?
I for one would value the opinion of gamers rather than the value of unit sales as an indication of how good a game is, so my suggestion would be to have ANOTHER charts page compiled on user ratings.
Easy for me to suggest, it might be another thing altogether to actually code it, but YOU KNOW it would be a good thing, surely?
Not a bad idea, but the results could be altered by a biased review, from one-liners to essays on why so-and-so is much better than this. It could be good for us, as a chat forum, but not for the general public, or Special Reserve themselves, as this would only see the opinions of a few people.
Firebalt.
Firebalt.
Is there some sort of protection against idiots reviewing games? I mean, I could go to a Zelda page, and as a "biased" Sony supporter, I could review the game, and give it 1/10, which would take the average down.
If the charts were based on this, things would swiftly become a competition to post the most number of reviews with a low score on other console`s games.
If the charts were based on this, things would swiftly become a competition to post the most number of reviews with a low score on other console`s games.
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Good Idea
Mind you it was you that said and it has been backed up by myself and Grix...
Doesn't say much, eh?
:D
hehe
Good Idea
Mind you it was you that said and it has been backed up by myself and Grix...
Doesn't say much, eh?
:D
hehe
Great idea, I think. It would be interesting to compare the two, too.
But would people buy games because of what WE say?
I think they would.
But would people buy games because of what WE say?
I think they would.
...putting the user ratings on reviews to good use? Currently, the charts on SR's website "are based on Special Reserve sales (including back orders) via mail order, shops and this internet site."
Which is a good indicator of what the mainstream public are buying. But what about the avid gamers, us lot? If we take the time to submit a decent review and rate a product, surely that rating should be given a bit more weight than basing charts on what joe bloggs is buying?
I for one would value the opinion of gamers rather than the value of unit sales as an indication of how good a game is, so my suggestion would be to have ANOTHER charts page compiled on user ratings.
Easy for me to suggest, it might be another thing altogether to actually code it, but YOU KNOW it would be a good thing, surely?
Which is a good indicator of what the mainstream public are buying. But what about the avid gamers, us lot? If we take the time to submit a decent review and rate a product, surely that rating should be given a bit more weight than basing charts on what joe bloggs is buying?
I for one would value the opinion of gamers rather than the value of unit sales as an indication of how good a game is, so my suggestion would be to have ANOTHER charts page compiled on user ratings.
Easy for me to suggest, it might be another thing altogether to actually code it, but YOU KNOW it would be a good thing, surely?