So if we go by Redfall you have to subtract like 20 from internal mock reviews.
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Didn’t FH and Flight Sim and Ori get early 90s lol
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with the xbox tax plus we gonna get more articles like that from vcg that will create a negative spin and the number will go down
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Or they’ve fixed their internal processes and dialled in their expectations in response to Redfall.
I saw a lot of discussion of this specifically on reddit and the points that came up were that mock reviews tend to run on the assumption that any bugs or issues will be smoothed out by release, which could inflate the score of any game that does not launch smoothly - and that Phil Spencer did say their internal review overinflated that games success by about 10 points so they must have had relatively mild expectations anyway.
Yep Diablo was technically a 91 too.
Hellblade 2 will probably score nicely, but I already can see the usual mofos like PCLamer saying it’s nothing new, too much like the first or some other bullshit. Just watch.
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That is crazy to hear, but speaking for myself I liked how it was revealed and would like to see more games take that approach, by just sending it out when it is done.
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I like the notion of “low 90s”.
I know we’re all enthusiasts, but life is better when you kick back, enjoy games, and worry less about the business.
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it’s insane that mock reviews are still a thing lmao I remember a big games crit back in the mid-00s ditched games crit becasue of this. insane industry
If the media crushes more Xbox games, its time for Microsoft to make it overall painful for those media companies. Hold them and their parent company responsible and never give them access to any of Microsofts material.
Dont give review copies. Dont give Microsoft review products of any kind. Dont respond to their inquiries. Hammer them for any disinformation. Take legal action against them where possible.
Make it bad business to use Xbox for clickbait.
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They aren’t vindictive like this and they shouldn’t be. It’s bad business. Withholding review copies didn’t go well for Bethesda when they did it.
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I don’t necessarily agree, with this. It really has no affect on their business. They still would have been in some trouble if they didn’t blacklist outlets.
Note: I don’t agree with MS adopting this practice.
I’m pretty sure the withholding of review copies at least contributed to the Prey review debacle. But since they stopped doing it, I imagine it caused more problems than it was worth. For all we know, it contributed to lower sales of amazing games like Dishonored 2 and Wolf 2.
If reviews aren’t out day and date for a game’s release it has a negative impact on marketing for the publisher and visibility for the site. It hampers the relationship between dedicated news outlets. This is the same for film. Rushed reviews lead to bad reviews, and if there are only bad reviews born out of rushed playthroughs, it affects consumers willing to purchase the product. Arkane and Machinegames is notorious for having reviews screw them over.
because they gave the game a bad review