Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot
Dire, DVaut, you two Gents are correct.
In some ways this is like the rating scale for women.
Clearly 5 is the middle of the ground, completely average, etc... blah blah blah. But most people seem to say 7 is average, 8 is great, 9 is amazing, 10 is perfect. Its like numbers 1-6 are thrown away, or have equal value, which isn't true. So, yeah, those average games should be a 5, but come on, when they say 7, we know what they mean. Its average.
A rating on a scale means what people want it to mean. In this case, 7 out of 10 means average.
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