Average fanboys

[Jari]

I had bit of spare time, so I decided to do some comparing. So, without a further ado... Mirror mirror on the wall, which console has the most rabidest fanboys of them all?

I used the following method; took the top 20 list from Metacritic for PS2, PS3, Xbox, 360, Cube, Wii and PC (which is not a console, but I included it just for fun) and for each game I first multiplied the *User* score by 10 (basically making it comparable to the Critic score, since the former originally was from 0 to 10 and latter from 0 to 100). Then I subtracted the critic score from the user score, which leaves me with a positive number if the users voted the game to be better than the critics, or negative score if the users thought that the game was worse than what the critics thought.

Like this: UserScore * 10 - CriticScore = Difference.

Lists are as follows, first PC:

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Half-Life 2 96 9,2 92 -4
Out of the Park Baseball 2007 96 5,2 52 -44
BioShock 96 8,8 88 -8
Half-Life 96 9 90 -6
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 95 8,9 89 -6
Command & Conquer 94 8,8 88 -6
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 94 8,2 82 -12
Civilization II 94 9,2 92 -2
Quake 94 9 90 -4
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 94 7,8 78 -16
Grim Fandango 94 9,7 97 3
Diablo 94 8 80 -14
Civilization IV 94 7,8 78 -16
Company of Heroes 93 8,9 89 -4
Unreal Tournament 2004 93 9,1 91 -2
Grand Theft Auto III 93 9,1 91 -2
Homeworld 93 9,1 91 -2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 93 8,4 84 -9
World of Warcraft 93 7,9 79 -14
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 93 7,6 76 -17

-9,25

As you can see, on average users scored each game 9.25 points lower than critics. I really should have removed the most extreme differences from each end - as you can see the Out of Park Baseball score is obviously an anomaly of some kind - but I'm too lazy.


PS2

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3  97 7,3 73 -24
Grand Theft Auto III 97 8,6 86 -11
Resident Evil 4 96 9 90 -6
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 96 8,3 83 -13
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 95 8,6 86 -9
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 95 8,4 84 -11
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec 95 8,7 87 -8
Madden NFL 2003 95 8,2 82 -13
Devil May Cry 95 7,8 78 -17
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 94 8,1 81 -13
Madden NFL 2002 94 9,2 92 -2
Madden NFL 2004 94 8,6 86 -8
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence 94 8,7 87 -7
NCAA Football 2004 94 9,2 92 -2
God of War 94 9,2 92 -2
Virtua Fighter 4 94 7,6 76 -18
Burnout 3: Takedown 93 8,8 88 -5
Pro Evolution Soccer 93 9,6 96 3
God of War II 93 8,9 89 -4
SSX 93 8 80 -13

-9,15

Almost identical average difference to that of PC.

Xbox

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Halo  97 8,2 82 -15
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack 96 8,4 84 -12
Halo 2 95 7,9 79 -16
Ninja Gaiden Black 94 8,5 85 -9
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory 94 9,2 92 -2
Burnout 3: Takedown 94 6,4 64 -30
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 94 8,7 87 -7
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 93 8,9 89 -4
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 93 7,6 76 -17
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 93 8,1 81 -12
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 93 8,1 81 -12
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 92 7,5 75 -17
NFL 2K3 92 8,9 89 -3
Forza Motorsport 92 7,6 76 -16
Madden NFL 2004 92 7,9 79 -13
ESPN NFL 2K5 92 8,9 89 -3
Madden NFL 2003 92 9 90 -2
Soul Calibur II 92 8,9 89 -3
SSX 3 92 9,2 92 0
Madden NFL 2005 91 7,1 71 -20

-10,65

Very slightly larger difference, and most negative user reviews of this comparison. Surely fanboys of competing platforms couldn't have anything to do with that?


Cube

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Metroid Prime  97 8,6 86 -11
Resident Evil 4 96 9,6 96 0
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The 96 9,5 95 -1
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 96 8,2 82 -14
Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition, The 95 9,2 92 -3
Madden NFL 2004 94 8,4 84 -10
Soul Calibur II 93 8,6 86 -7
Viewtiful Joe 93 8,4 84 -9
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 92 8,2 82 -10
SSX 3 92 9,2 92 0
Madden NFL 2003 92 8,2 82 -10
Super Smash Bros. Melee 92 9 90 -2
Super Mario Sunshine 92 7,9 79 -13
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 92 8,8 88 -4
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 92 8,8 88 -4
NFL 2K3 92
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 91 9,1 91 0
Resident Evil 91 9 90 -1
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest, The 91 9,2 92 1
NCAA Football 2003 91 9,7 97 6

-4,842105263

OMG! The difference has halved! I wonder why? Anyway, NFL2K3 is being ignored in the average, as it has not user review average at all.


360

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BioShock  97 9,1 91 -6
Gears of War 94 8,5 85 -9
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The 94 8,8 88 -6
Guitar Hero II 92 8,1 81 -11
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 90 8,3 83 -7
Forza Motorsport 2 90 8,9 89 -1
Call of Duty 2 90 8,4 84 -6
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 90 8,1 81 -9
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 89 8,6 86 -3
Burnout Revenge 89 7,8 78 -11
Project Gotham Racing 3 88 8,2 82 -6
Madden NFL 08 87 7,1 71 -16
Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, The 86 9,2 92 6
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 86 8,9 89 3
Fight Night Round 3 86 9,1 91 5
Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine, The 86 8,7 87 1
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 86 8,4 84 -2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent 85 8,9 89 4
Dead or Alive 4 85 7,6 76 -9
Dead Rising 85 7,2 72 -13

-4,8

Hmmm... pretty much the same difference than with Cube. Are critics harsher with recent games? Or fanboys less so?


PS3

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Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The  93 8,2 82 -11
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 88 8,4 84 -4
Resistance: Fall of Man 86 8,4 84 -2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 86 8,5 85 -1
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 86 8,8 88 2
Virtua Fighter 5 85 7,1 71 -14
MotorStorm (JPN Import Version) 84 6,8 68 -16
Warhawk 84 8,6 86 2
Heavenly Sword 83 8,9 89 6
Super Stardust HD 83 9,4 94 11
Fight Night Round 3 83 9,2 92 9
MotorStorm 82 7,3 73 -9
Gran Turismo HD Concept 82 8,5 85 3
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection 82 7,5 75 -7
College Hoops 2K7 81 9,6 96 15
NBA Street Homecourt 81 8,2 82 1
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 81 8 80 -1
Madden NFL 08 80 6,5 65 -15
NBA 2K7 80 10 100 20
Darkness, The 80 7,7 77 -3

-0,7

ZOMG! There's almost no difference anymore! Obviously critics must really, really hate PS3 games. Surely fanboys couldn't be pumping up the user review scores?


Wii

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Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The  95 9,4 94 -1
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition 91 9,2 92 1
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 91 9,4 94 3
Super Paper Mario 85 8,3 83 -2
WarioWare: Smooth Moves 83 6,7 67 -16
Madden NFL 07 81 8,3 83 2
Mercury Meltdown Revolution 80 7,4 74 -6
Trauma Center: Second Opinion 80 8 80 0
Mario Strikers Charged 79 8,4 84 5
Godfather: Blackhand Edition, The 77 8,9 89 12
Rayman Raving Rabbids 76 8,7 87 11
Wii Sports 76 9,1 91 15
Elebits 75 7,6 76 1
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz 74 5,6 56 -18
Madden NFL 08 74 6,5 65 -9
SSX Blur 74 8,2 82 8
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 73 7,3 73 0
Metal Slug Anthology 73 7,9 79 6
Excite Truck 72 8,3 83 11
Chicken Little: Ace in Action 72 9 90 18

2,05

OMGWTFBBQ!?!?! User reviews actually exceed critic reviews by 2.05 points. Oh, how the critics must hate the waggle...


So, there's a rather obvious trend of fanboys voting recent games up, but even more obvious trend of fanboys voting Nintendo games up. Remember, this is the same crowd who posted tens and tens of pages of messages when one website was crazy enough to give the latest Zelda only 88 points. The same people who posted death threats to those threads.

I think that it's pretty obvious which console has the most rabid fanboy following.

Or, if you prefer pretty pictures instead:

[[GLG] Sirius]

While that was actually quite interesting it does actually chip another piece of my faith in humanity's ability to not be retarded. I don't understand it... is it to justify to themselves that they just paid crazy money for something that will inevitably die in a short space of time.

What will be interesting to see is if Nintendo make a mistake - even minor - with a patch/firmware/game or anything at all really, these exact same people will be the authors of posts like the following.

"OMFGW$£^!!11! I CANT BILEEV NINTENDO DID THAT, IM RETURNING MY CONSOLE RITE NOW AND DEMANDING A REEFUND, I WILL NEVAA BUY AN NINTENDO PRODUCT EVVAA AGAIN! AND EVRY1 OF MY FRENDS WILL REETURN THIERS ASWELL, JUST COS I SAID SO."£"£"!" WTF NINTENDO ZOMG I HATE YOOO!!!"

And such like.

[squeeble]

it does actually chip another piece of my faith in humanity's ability to not be retarded.

Yeah mine died along time ago.

Nice little pole there Ja.. ugh I mean El Ammo Bandito! ?lol

[gjoerulv]

Well PS3 and Wii aren't really that old. In a year or so I guess it will balance out a bit. Either that or the new generation is screwed lol.

[Jari]

[GLG] Sirius: It's a good question. They seem to be pretty hardcore, after all they have survived since SNES with a system that does have somewhat limited selection of titles (compared to PSX and PS2, for example), so maybe they'll remain faithful.

Nice little pole there Ja.. ugh I mean El Ammo Bandito! ?lol

You'll understand when you play Bioshock.

gjoerulv: Perhaps, but Cube is old and that doesn't stop it from having considerably better average on user reviews than PS2 and Xbox.

[James Pond]

THANK YOU SENOR!


>_> Just on my second playthrough of Bioshock now and god almighty its still amazing.