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[jbug617]

I find this to be very wrong.

credit: Wario

 

[PAULINK]

This is an awful idea.

 

[Salsa]

I find this to be very wrong.

why?

 

[GregLombardi]

lol. way to cede ownership to metacritic.

This is problematic on many levels.

 

[therealminime]

Gross.

 

[ZealousD]

Not like this.

Not like this!

 

[corn_fest]

Who cares? It saves consumers a step.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Needs bigger text.

 

[ChimpanzeeThat]

Steam does this too.

 

[Coppanuva]

Who cares? It saves consumers a step.

That's exactly why they did it. Makes sense to me.

 

[NateDrake]

I hardly noticed it.

 

[-griffy-]

FYI, Steam has displayed Metacritic on store pages AND in your library for years.

 

[Toki767]

Eh. I'm sure some people might find it helpful when making their purchases, but I'd have to think this would dissuade purchases more than add to them.

 

[Penguin]

I'm terrible

It took me a while to even see it.

I mean its not like the site doesn't already have user reviews.

Sure those will be more helpful to customers.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Who cares? It saves consumers a step.

Who really visits metacritic? Their focus isn't games anymore.

 

[TheRealTalker]

April Fools... Right?





Right Amazon.... Right?





....No

......NO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[GoodCoffeeJoey]

Steam has done this for years. No-one cares.

 

[Anion]

I wonder if the number of people who give broken games reviews on how they were duped/tricked will be decreased.

My guess of probably not.

And dang, it's so tiny and missable.

 

[Tucah]

I think it's fine.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

FYI, Steam has displayed Metacritic on store pages AND in your library for years.

.

 

[gngf123]

It's pretty much what Steam does then.

I don't think Metacritic is that great but user reviews are often pretty terrible as well.

 

[kurbaan]

Who really visits metacritic? Their focus isn't games anymore.

It was never games.

 

[vypek]

I think Metacritic is a bad metric. And why would you need another rating system when you have your own in place? If anything a second one should be amazon verified purchase reviews only.

 

[Emarv]

This will end well....

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Giving Metacritic any semblance of respectability is fucking stupid. Steam needs to ditch that shit too.

 

[SwiftDeath]

I don't like the idea personally but Amazon is free to do as it wishes.

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

why?

Because Metacritic isn't a good measure of how good or bad a game is especially when User Ratings are taken to account and unknown blogs out the woodworks have something to say about a game that can either negatively or positively affect a game. The point is to use your own judgement, not the judgment of others. This is a terrible idea that no will affect overall sales.

 

[Lunar15]

FYI, Steam has displayed Metacritic on store pages AND in your library for years.

Basically this.

 

[Soulflarz]

Still not a metacritic fan

 

[Gonzo The Great]

I don't think the average consumer cares. Rayman Legends was a critical success and it bombed hard. Divergent has a 39% on a Rotten Tomatoes and it has grossed more than Muppets Most Wanted.

 

[Amagon]

Whatever

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

I think Metacritic is a bad metric. And why would you need another rating system when you have your own in place? If anything a second one should be amazon verified purchase reviews only.

More data are better than fewer data.

 

[Barzul]

Makes a lot of sense. Gives easy access to "professional" reviews to go with the user reviews.

 

[childplease]

This is an awful idea.

Why is that ?

Don't consumers deserve to know if a game is mediocre or not ?

 

[PotionBleue]

It gives even more importance to Metacritic, which is dangerous as awful past stories have shown.

 

[rob305]

Its good for the average consumer as well. It might save parents from buying complete turds for their kids

 

[Tidesofblood]

Steam does this too.

I bet posts in this thread will dislike the metacritic idea but don't realize thwy use a similar feature in steam.

Seems reasonable to me, saves me the time of going to metacritic myself.

 

[Salsa]

Because Metacritic isn't a good measure of how good or bad a game is especially when User Ratings are taken to account and unknown blogs out the woodworks have something to say about a game that can either negatively or positively affect a game. The point is to use your own judgement, not the judgment of others. This is a terrible idea that no will affect overall sales.

uhm. People who care about reviews already google them before buying something. I don't really trust nor use reviews to decide my purchases either but I don't see how this adds or detracts to anything. It saves a step for consumers who care about that.

Saying I dont think this is bad or wrong doesnt mean I suddenly like Metacritic

 

[dazzlerazzle]

Maybe it will help certain titles to reach cheaper price faster ???

 

[coolasj19]

Metacritic only has as much power as we give it, and now It has all the more.

 

[anexanhume]

 

[VGChampion]

April Fools?

 

[hwy_61]

I have a buddy who the first thing he looks at before even considering a game is the MC score. I look at it like rotten tomatoes. It's for people who don't want to spend time reading reviews and trolling the internet for game impressions. I don't see anything wrong with this, but I know all lot of you are already pissed off about it.

 

[injurai]

Steam does this too.

Back when MetaCritic was new, It wasn't gamed.

Also Steam tells you it's a metacritic score.

 

[Ikuu]

Don't see anything wrong with this, I've used it on occasion to get a very quick reference for a game.

 

[LordBaztion]

the more info for the consumer the better.

 

[brandonh83]

Who cares? It saves consumers a step.

Uh... if game reviews and journalism were in a fucking vastly superior state, I might agree.

 

[ZealousD]

Steam has done this for years. No-one cares.

It's another sign of Metacritic's influence growing, which is definitely bad. This just adds more fuel onto the need for publishers to chase Metacritic scores by punishing devs and influencing reviewers. At least when it was only on Steam the publishers would ignore it like they do the PC market in general.

 

[figadapaura]

I'm sure most people won't even notice it's there. It's certainly not the worst idea Amazon have had.

 

[NullPointer]

75/100