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.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 2008 Scoring Analysis No Comments

Developers: Intro & ESRB Summary - Part One

This is the first part of our developer summary which includes an overview of the most popular developers, how they apply to the favorability index, and a series of tables displaying frequency and performance by ESRB.

Monday, February 16th, 2009 2008 Scoring Analysis 1 Comment

An alternative scoring index for the videogame industry

Making the argument that the videogame industry should have a more appropriate scoring index and suggestions in regard to how it may be structure. [free to republish/reprint]

Sunday, February 15th, 2009 Articles No Comments

Metacritic 2008 Genre Summary

Here we take a unique look at the performance each genre by platform. Which platforms were the best for Sports, Shooters? Which were the worst?

Sunday, February 15th, 2009 2008 Scoring Analysis 2 Comments

Metacritic 2008 ESRB Summary

The ESRB Summary details the number of titles that fall into each ESRB category, the average scores associated, and a correlation with the Metacritics favorability index.

Friday, February 13th, 2009 2008 Scoring Analysis No Comments

Metacritic 2008 Platform Summary

In this summary report for 2008, we examine the various platforms, including the number of titles for each, their respective scoring averages, as well as a correlation with the Metacritic favorability index.

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 2008 Scoring Analysis 1 Comment

Game Titles with notable weighting swings (2008)

The following are game titles from 2008 where the difference between the Metacritic score and the actual average of all outlet ratings exceed two points. For more information about this topic, please take a look at the video I posted regarding the impact of Metacritics Weighting.

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 2008 Scoring Analysis 1 Comment

Part 3: Metacritic Weighting

Have you ever wanted to know just how big of an influence Metacritics weighting system has on the scores? If so, watch the video report and gain some insight into how substantial the point swings are, how scores have been affected from 2000-2008, and the associated pitfalls.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Metacritic Uncovered 1 Comment

Almost There!

We are well into our scoring analysis for 2008. It looks like the first video report will be using non-weighted scores referenced with the metacritic favorability chart.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 2008 Scoring Analysis No Comments

Part 2: Metacritic Comparison - Applying the Sample

After our review of the sample data, we now use that detail to determine how Metacritic stacks up to Game Rankings and Gamestats. For those of you who are are critical of Metacritic, this might just surprise you.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Metacritic Uncovered No Comments

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