GT is NOT BIASED (in reviews)
Added by wiisixty on Jan 1, 2008 @ 8:56pm
Too many jackasses commented before watching the video, so I changed the title to hopefully clear up confusion. If you guys actually watched the video and read the description, you would have realized the title was meant to be sarcastic.
Here is the information I used in chart form. Hopefully this will be more clear than the video.
Here are a list of the PS3 console exclusives reviewed by GT. These are all 16 PS3 exclusives GT has reviewed. The left column is GT’s score and the right is gamerankings.com (they take the average reviews from all press). The number on the far right is the difference.
PS3:
Time Crisis 4 64/63 +1
Uncharted 89/ 90 -1
Eye of Judgement 83/75 +8
Ratchet and Clank 90/89 +1
Folklore 72/76 -4
Heavenly Sword 79/81 -2
Lair 60/56 +4
Warhawk 86/84 +2
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 91/87 +4
Formula One: CE 73/76 -3
Motorstorm 78/82 -4
Full Auto 2: Battlelines 70/66 +4
Ridge Racer 7 78/78 0
Genji: DotB 59/57 +2
Untold Legends: DK 56/59 -3
Resistance 90/87 +3
Total score: +12
Average: +0.75/ game
In other words GT has reviewed the average PS3 exclusive 0.75 points higher than the press has.
Here is a list of the last 16 Xbox 360 exclusives GT has reviewed (went in chronological order).
360
Scene It? 70/73 -3
Viva Pinata: Party Animals 61/58 +3
Mass Effect 96/91 +5
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja 84/79 +5
Ace Combat 6 82/81 +1
Beautiful Katamari 80/73 +7
Kengo: Legend of the 9 48/44 +4
Project Gotham Racing 4 87/86 +1
Halo 3 98/93 +5
Eternal Sonata 86/80 +6
Blue Dragon 75/77 -2
Bioshock 95/95 0
Project Sylpheed 65/66 -1
Vampire Rain 36/40 -4
WarTech: Senko no Ronde 55/61 -6
Call of Juarez 60/72 -12
Total score: +9
Average: +0.56
In other words GT has reviewed the average 360 exclusive 0.56 points higher than the press has.
Now for the top 5 exclusives of 2007:
PS3:
Uncharted 89/ 90 -1
Eye of Judgement 83/75 +8
Ratchet and clank 90/89 +1
Warhawk 86/84 +2
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 91/87 +4
Total Score: +14
Average: +2.8
360:
Bioshock 95/95 0
Mass Effect 96/91 +5
Forza Motorsport 2 91/90 +1
Halo 3 98/93 +5
Project Gotham Racing 4 87/86 +1
Total Score: +12
Average: +2.4
[b]The point of this video was to show that in reviews, GT has shown zero bias towards either 360 or PS3. Those numbers are ridiculously close to one another. A lot of people have claimed GT is biased against PS3 and give it poor reviews, so this video proves they don't give PS3 games worse reviews (in comparison to the gameranking press average).
Now, maybe in other areas GT may be corrupt (I don't know), but as far as reviews go, they have shown NO favoritism.
[u]If you are going to say GT is biased in their reviews, then you are saying that ALL press is biased in their reviews. Thats the point of this video.[/u]
I made this video so hopefully we could stop with all the comments about GT being biased. I admit it wasn't a good idea with the original title, but I really expected people to actually WATCH it before commenting. The ending clearly states that I was being sarcastic with the original title. I didn't mean to start a fanboy war, I was trying to do the opposite but I have found its impossible to reason with fanboys.
If you read all this, thank you. I hope this clears up confusion and hopefully we could stop with all the fanboy bullshit. :)
A lot of people [u]really[/u] appreciate this video (moreso than any one I have done), but some, especially fanboys, hate it because it exposes the truth. The truth is as far as reviews go, GT shows zero bias towards PS3 or 360. A lot of people also didn't like the video because they didn't understand the logic behind it, but I'm glad a lot of you did.[/b]
[i]All the information in this video is accurate and I did not bend it in any way in GT's favor. I have no reason to do that as I don't work for them. I made this with the intention of finding out if they were favoring 360 games in their reviews, and they aren't. [/i]
And some people are saying [i]who gives a shit[/i], well anyone who listens to GT's reviews SHOULD want to know whether or not they are biased. I know I would if I was going to spend $60 on a game.
[b]EDIT: well I think the rating and half the comments prove how many fanboys are on this site. Wow, I had no idea. Thank God for the other half who aren't ignorant. :)[/b]