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Metacritic. com
URL http://www.metacritic.com/
Commercial? Yes
Type of site Reviews/Ratings
Registration Free/subscription
Owner CNET Networks
Created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, Julie Roberts
Launched January 2001

Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs, and books. Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it CNET Networks Inc is a media company based in San Francisco California, United States, and is part of CBS Interactive, owned A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public This article is about games played on consoles Video gaming is about this form of gaming in general A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three color codes of Green, Yellow and Red summarize the critic's recommendation. This gives an idea of the general appeal of the product among reviewers and, to a lesser extent, the public. (For examples of other such sites, see Category:Video game review aggregators. )

The site is somewhat similar to Rotten Tomatoes, but the scoring results sometimes vary drastically, depending on which reviews are tallied. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. For instance, Rotten Tomatoes gives an overall unfavorable rating to Kenneth Branagh's film version of As You Like It by quoting mostly British critics, who reportedly have strongly disliked Branagh's Shakespeare films. Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is an Emmy Award -winning Academy Award -nominated Northern Irish Actor As You Like It is a film released in 2006, directed by Kenneth Branagh. William Shakespeare ( baptised Metacritic on the other hand, tallies its score largely from American reviews of the film.

Also, unlike Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates reviews using a binary score of "fresh" or "rotten" for each review, Metacritic converts each review into a percentage before taking a weighted average. This can lead to more accurate results when reviews are unusually consistent, or there are only a few of them.

Many review websites give a review grade out of five, out of ten, out of a hundred, or even an alphabetical score. Metacritic converts such a grade into a percentage. For reviews with no explicit scores (for example, Amazon's reviews), Metacritic manually assesses the tone of the review before assigning a relevant grade. Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. Weighting is also applied to reviews - those from major periodicals may have a greater effect on the average than niche ones, although Metacritic refuses to reveal what weights are applied to which publications. One common drawback of Metacritic, however, is its lack of book reviews; following the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, their regular coverage of recently released books ceased, except for major releases. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final of the

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Marc Doyle

Metacritic was launched in January 2001 by Marc Doyle, along with his sister Julie Doyle Roberts, and a classmate from the University of Southern California law school, Jason Dietz. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly Rotten Tomatoes was already compiling movie reviews at the time, but Doyle, Roberts, and Dietz "saw an opportunity to cover a broader range of media. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. " They sold Metacritic to CNET in 2005. CNET Networks Inc is a media company based in San Francisco California, United States, and is part of CBS Interactive, owned [1]

Nick Wingfield of The Wall Street Journal wrote in September 2007, "Mr. Doyle, 36, is now a senior product manager at CNET but he also acts as games editor of Metacritic. " [1] Speaking of video games, Doyle said, "A site like ours helps people cut through. . . unobjective promotional language. " He also said "By giving consumers, and web users specifically, early information on the objective quality of a game, not only are they more educated about their choices, but it forces publishers to demand more from their developers, license owners to demand more from their licensees, and eventually, hopefully, the games get better. " Doyle said, "I don't want to overstate our role in this area, but we're highlighting the review process", which he thinks was not taken as seriously when unconnected magazines and websites were providing their reviews in isolation. [2]

Metascores

Metacritic's scores ("metascores") are weighted averages — certain publications are given more significance "based on their stature. "[1]

Metacritic Games Editor Marc Doyle was interviewed by Keith Stuart of The Guardian to "get a look behind the metascoring process. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. " Stuart wrote "the metascore phenemonon, namely Metacritic and GameRankings, [have] become an enormously important element of online games journalism over the past few years. Game Rankings is a Website which keeps track of Video game reviews from other sites and combines them to present an average rating for each game "[2] Doyle said that because video games are a greater investment of time and money than other forms of entertainment, gamers are much more informed about reviews than film fans or music fans. They would like to know "whether that hotly anticipated title is going to deliver. "[2]

Criticism of game metascores

Many video game reviewers take issue with the way Metacritic assigns scores. When a game reviewer gives a video game a rating of "A", Metacritic assigns it a value of 100. When a reviewer gives a game a rating of "F", Metacritic assigns it a value of 0 — although some reviewers think a score of 50 is more appropriate. [1] When a reviewer gives a game a rating of "B-", Metacritic assigns it a value of 67 — and many publishers, developers, and websurfers think that the score should be closer to 80. [2] A former editor at the review site Game Revolution, Joe Dodson, criticized Metacritic and similar sites, saying their conversion system was turning their reviews into scores that were too low. [1] Doyle said "I feel that ANY scale simply needs to converted directly with its lowest possible grade equating to 0, and the highest to 100. "[2]

Doyle said some publishers want him to include certain critics that Metacritic doesn't track and some want certain critics excluded, usually because they give a game a poor review. Another common complaint from publishers is that UK critics shouldn't be reviewing games that are based on American sports like the NFL, NASCAR, or the NBA. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Doyle said, "Conversely, many European publishers feel that American critics are not qualified or properly situated to review football, rally, F1, cricket and rugby games. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries " Doyle said, "once I've decided to track a publication, I cannot pick and choose which reviews I list on Metacritic based on such individual judgments. "[2]

Publishers often try to persuade Doyle to exclude reviews they feel are unfair, but Doyle said that after a publication has been included in the system, he refuses to omit any reviews that receive complaints. [1]

Influence of game metascores

Nick Wingfield of the The Wall Street Journal wrote, "Movies have Roger Ebert. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Wine has Robert Parker. Robert Parker may refer to Robert Parker Baron Parker of Waddington (1857&ndash1918 British law lord Robert Parker (singer (born Videogames have Marc Doyle. Mr. Doyle edits game reviews for Metacritic, a Web site he co-founded that can influence the sales of games and the stocks of videogame publishers. One company requires game publishers to pay higher royalties if they receive low scores on such sites. " Wingfield wrote, "such review sites hold the most sway in the videogame industry partly because the stakes are higher for consumers shelling out $50 to $60 for a new game than they are for someone buying, for example, a $10 movie ticket. " Wingfield wrote that the stocks of game publishers can fall when a new video game gets a disappointing score on the website. [1] Many executives say that low scores "can hurt the long-term sales potential" of game franchises — games that continue to produce spinoffs and sequels. [1]

Wingfield wrote that Wall Street is paying attention to Metacritic and Game Rankings because the sites typically post scores before any sales data are publicly available. Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. Game Rankings is a Website which keeps track of Video game reviews from other sites and combines them to present an average rating for each game Three days after the release of Spider-Man 3 by Activision in May 2007, "several financial analysts had noted Spider-Man 3’s low scores as a possible concern for Activision. Spider-Man 3 is a video game loosely based on the ''Spider-Man 3'' film. Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. " and Activision's shares dropped 5% that day and continued to drop the rest of the week. When BioShock was released and got a metascore of 97, shares of Take-Two Interactive increased 20% the week after. BioShock is a video game by 2K Boston/2K Australia —previously known as Irrational Games Take-Two Interactive Software Inc ( is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of Video games and video game Peripherals Wingfield wrote, "All of this makes Metacritic's Mr. Doyle an unlikely kingmaker in the $7. 4 billion U. S. games industry. He controls Metacritic's scoring system, deciding which publications to compile reviews from. . . "[1] Doyle said he was "floored" when he saw a Metascore appear in the news ticker on TV while an anchor was interviewing Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime after Super Mario Galaxy was released. A news ticker (sometimes referred to as a "crawler" is a small screen space on News Television networks is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on Reginald "Reggie" Fils-Aimé (ˈfiːzəmeɪ fee-suh-may) (born March 1961 is President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Doyle said, "More and more businesses and financial analysts are referring to Metacritic numbers as an early indicator of a game's potential sales and, by extension, the publisher's stock price. "[2]

Marc Doyle said, "I've never been told by a publisher or developer that they've been able to definitively make a causal connection between poor sales and low scores from my site. However, at least two major publishers have conducted comprehensive statistical surveys through which they've been able to draw a correlation between high metascores and stronger sales (and vice versa), but with a much tighter correlation in specific genres of games than in others. "[2]

In 2004, Jason Hall of Warner Bros. began "including "quality metrics" in the contracts the studio signed with partners interested in licensing Warner movies for games. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and " If a product does not receive specific scores or better from aggregator sites like Metacritic, some deals require game publishers to pay higher royalties to Warner Bros. [1]

In 2008, Microsoft will begin using Metacritic review averages to de-list underperforming Xbox Live Arcade games. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA is an online service operated by Microsoft that is used to digitally distribute video games to Xbox and Xbox 360 owners [3][4]

Best Reviewed Films By Year

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nick Wingfield (2007-09-20). The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ( Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist Film written and directed by The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the similarly titled first is a 2001 film by the Japanese Anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki. This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. Sideways is an American Comedy-drama Film written by Jim Taylor and directed by Alexander Payne. The Best of Youth (La Meglio Gioventù is a 6 hour Film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana that originally aired in Italy in from 2003-12-07 For the book Army of Shadows see Army of Shadows Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism 1917-1948 Army of Shadows ( French Ratatouille (rat-a-too-e is a 2007 Computer-animated Family film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. High Scores Matter To Game Makers, Too. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 2008-02-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Keith Stuart (2008-01-17). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Interview: the science and art of Metacritic. The Guardian. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Retrieved on 2008-02-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
  3. ^ Chris Remo (2008-05-22). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Microsoft To Delist Low-Ranking XBLA Titles, Raise Size Limit. GamaSutra. Gamasutra is a Web site founded in 1997 for Video game developers It is owned and operated by CMP Media, and acts as the online sister publication to the Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
  4. ^ Joe Keiser (2008-05-22). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MS to Delist XBLA Titles. Next Generation. Retrieved on 2008-05-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the

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