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The NY Times has an interesting article up examining just why it is game review scores and sales correspond so closely. It doesn't work like that for music. It doesn't work like that for movies. So why games? The piece quotes EA's Jeff Brown, who thinks:
Video-game consumers are the single most sophisticated shoppers in the entertainment industry, despite their age and what you might think. People go to a movie or buy a book on a whim. But buying a video game is a much more methodical and judicious process. Next time you're in an airport, look at how many magazines are dedicated to video games. And they're not writing about the sex lives of game designers. They are writing about the content.Man may well have a point. Just think what would happen if people started writing about the sex lives of game designers...
Their Thumbs May Be Too Busy to Raise, but Gamers Agree With Critics [NY Times, via GameSetWatch]
