On 9/15/2011 5:49 PM, Brian Conrad wrote: > Typical way marketing would look at things. I'm asking if you were a > real critic, let's say CNET hired you to review apps, how would you > rate them?
The thing is, marketing was looking at it that way because it was the best predictor as to whether the game would sell. If I were a critic, I'd be totally harsh to most games, and I'd probably be fired. (I'm a game developer.) I'd want to use the entire scale, unlike most ad-supported review sites that seem to forget about the numbers 1-6 on a scale of 1-10, since anything rated that low would alienate one of the advertisers that pays for the site. But most users AREN'T critics, and when someone enjoys something, they are likely to rate it 5 stars. Similarly, when they're annoyed, they'll take out their aggression by rating it 1 star. "The developer wants me to PAY for some of the content! He's not giving EVERYTHING away for free! How dare he!" In other news, I've had exactly "88396 total installs" on the developer console for over two days...despite having nearly two thousand installs per day for the past few days. Something seems to be stuck again. :/ Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
