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11-30-2007, 03:43 PM
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Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot
I don't think it unrealistic that most games that are released are at least above average. I mean, why else would it have been released if they didn't think people would buy it? People won't generall just buy [censored]. A video game is not like a CD, where you can sell tons of pop crap because its popular. It actually has to be good for a lot of people to buy it.
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11-30-2007, 03:45 PM
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Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot
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I don't think it unrealistic that most games that are released are at least above average. I mean, why else would it have been released if they didn't think people would buy it? People won't generall just buy [censored]. A video game is not like a CD, where you can sell tons of pop crap because its popular. It actually has to be good for a lot of people to buy it. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe this is just semantics, but I equate average with the mean. So it'd be impossible, by definition, for the majority of released games to be 'above average'.
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11-30-2007, 04:16 PM
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Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot
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[ QUOTE ] I don't think it unrealistic that most games that are released are at least above average. I mean, why else would it have been released if they didn't think people would buy it? People won't generall just buy [censored]. A video game is not like a CD, where you can sell tons of pop crap because its popular. It actually has to be good for a lot of people to buy it. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe this is just semantics, but I equate average with the mean. So it'd be impossible, by definition, for the majority of released games to be 'above average'. [/ QUOTE ] You meant median I guess. If there are 3 games with scores of 1,7 and 10 then their average is 6 and 2 of the 3 are above average.
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11-30-2007, 04:34 PM
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Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I don't think it unrealistic that most games that are released are at least above average. I mean, why else would it have been released if they didn't think people would buy it? People won't generall just buy [censored]. A video game is not like a CD, where you can sell tons of pop crap because its popular. It actually has to be good for a lot of people to buy it. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe this is just semantics, but I equate average with the mean. So it'd be impossible, by definition, for the majority of released games to be 'above average'. [/ QUOTE ] You meant median I guess. If there are 3 games with scores of 1,7 and 10 then their average is 6 and 2 of the 3 are above average. [/ QUOTE ] You know what I mean. 5 games of 1 10 10 10 10 and 80% are >= the median too! Oh noes! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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11-30-2007, 04:34 PM
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Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot
Well, yeah, but when there are 1400 reviews the mean (7) and median (7.3) are pretty close.
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11-30-2007, 03:51 PM
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Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot
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I don't think it unrealistic that most games that are released are at least above average. [/ QUOTE ] I think some people would argue this is a contradiction in terms. I think what JoA is arguing is that on a 1-10 scame, a rating of "5" should indicate a median game, ie., a game where roughly half the games available are better and half the games are worse. Instead, IGN seems to use the rating of "7.3" to indicate a median game. I suppose this is okay, except they use a 1-10 scale, so a rational reader might expect the median game to be a 5. IGN even heightens the confusion by labeling 'median' games, ie, games which have a rating around "7.3" as between "decent" and "good", while maintaining a "5" rating is still "mediocre", when "5" really means (using the history of how they've rated their games as a metric) "clearly below average".
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