For Grins… The Developer Summary
For those who would like to see a developer score card, this is for you. I had some time on my hands and thought this might be and interesting follow-up to our previous post on publishers. No frilly charts here, just a spreadsheet for you to do with what you wish.
The Most and Least Consistent Videogame Publishers
The following is a commissioned report where we identify the “Most Consistent” and “Least Consistent” Publishers.
The 2008 Metacritic Summary Guide
The following summary guide will help you navigate through all the summary information we have provided for our 2008 review.
Historical Reference for 2008 Summary
The Historical is the final section in our summary for 2008. Here we take a brief look at historical aspects regarding game volume and average metacritic scores from 2000 to 2008.
Media Outlet Summary
In the Media Outlet Summary, we’ll show you who contributes the most to the Metacritic scores, who is most critical, and who is most favorable. This is also the only chart in the summary series thus far that uses non-weighted averages vs. the actual Metacritic score for each game.
Publishers: Platforms & Consistent Peformers - Part Three
This is the third and final section of our Publisher summary for 2008. This will focus on the most popular developers by platform (volume) and the highest scoring publishers for each Platform. Also included in this section is our determination of the most consistent Publishers for 2008.
Publishers: Genre Summary - Part Two
Part two of our Publisher Summary for 2008 is focused on Genre. You’ll find the most popular publishers by volume, in addition to the highest scoring publishers in each Genre.
Publishers: Intro & ESRB Summary - Part One
This is first of three parts for our 2008 summary of videogame publishers. Here you’ll find the introduction which includes top publishers by volume, and favorability distribution, etc. In addition, is the ESRB summary which details which are the most popular publishers by volume, and the highest scoring within each ESRB category.
Developers: Platforms & Consistent Peformers - Part Three
Here we’ll summarize the developers in the same fashion as we did in the first two parts. One addition is our determination of which developers were the most consisent (in a positive way) for 2008.
Developers: Genre - Part Two
In Part 2 of the Developer series, we summarize the frequency of the developers within each genre as well as those who performed the best in the respective genre.