Re:Playstation 4 - The Review
by hugofirth on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @11:38AM
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I understand the concept of scoring the system as it is today. On the other hand I disagree emphatically with the premise for doing so.
A "general impressions" wrap-up paragraph would be fine. A rating system with a very low granularity (Thumbs up/even/down for example) would even be acceptable.
A score of 7.5 implies, at the very least, a granularity of 20. This is only useful in a case where you have either 20 binary criteria, or ~5 criteria with some kind of sub-scoring system. Where, or what, are these criteria? Are they implicitly, yet obviously, defined through the content or structure of the article? No.
I'm not defending the PS4 - I am ranting at the profligacy of meaningless scoring systems throughout the entire video games industry.
A "general impressions" wrap-up paragraph would be fine. A rating system with a very low granularity (Thumbs up/even/down for example) would even be acceptable.
A score of 7.5 implies, at the very least, a granularity of 20. This is only useful in a case where you have either 20 binary criteria, or ~5 criteria with some kind of sub-scoring system. Where, or what, are these criteria? Are they implicitly, yet obviously, defined through the content or structure of the article? No.
I'm not defending the PS4 - I am ranting at the profligacy of meaningless scoring systems throughout the entire video games industry.