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Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 1 year ago by EnglishMobster@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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More concerning than Bethesda's decision to withhold early review codes from certain outlets is how heavily some sites are relying on the game to drive their business.

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[–] Stormyfemme@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may notice that this parallels the american school grading system to a T. Most major gaming review sites and such are done by americans that spent anywhere between 4-10+ years with that being the what grading/reviewing/scoring was done in almost every interaction they ever had past childhood, there's no wonder it's the standard here even if it's changed the scoring paradigm.

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly this. 50/100 looks like an F, because that's what it would be on a school paper. Often we'd even be given points out of a hundred just like that. So giving a 50 to a middling/okay game feels really harsh, vs 70 (aka a C) or 80 (B).