Gamers are the reason most games ****

a lot of People are buying games without doing reviews ....the game makers know that they can sucker a certain percentage of people into buying their crappy games....If everyone did reviews on games game makers wouldn't bother making crappy games because no one would buy them..... so please don't buy into the hype ....do your reviews and tell everyone you know that games to come here at gamespot and read the reviews so they too won't get suckered into buy crapp............and maybe one day the vicious cycle of crappy game making will end.......

Well it IS the gamers' fault, but not because they're not writing reviews. It's because they keep buying the same crap over and over. If WWII shooters sell like hotcakes, then games like HoV are only to be expected. Same goes for generic FPSs, yearly sports games, whatever.nopalversion

My thoughts exactly. How much can the new version of Madden be improved over the last version and yet it is always the number one game the week it's released.

With yearly sports games and WWII shooters, it's not even the gamers doing most of the damage. People's dads buy them. My roommate's father owns only three games... the two most recent maddens and some WWII shooter.

And don't even get me started on how people's moms and grandmas buy the newest Disney tie in. I own a bunch of them because people buy titles they recognize over ones they don't. Some of them still have the shrink wrap on even, because I never would have bought them for myself. And they're never worth anything for trade, that's what gets me. It's like they're scamming my grandma out of good money.

I hope you don't write reviews, your writing skills aren't even passable.

You also make the assumption that reviews are an entirely objective thing and that we all love or hate the same things. The truth is that most games fall into the middle of the pack. Yes, there are probably some games that will be nearly universally derided or praised, but the majority will be middle-of-the-road-you-may-or-may-not-like-it types of games. At that point it really is up to that individual and whether that game suits their tastes and sensibilities.

I review games here and again kills some time while i got the insomnia and its fun for me at least.

And more or less no matter what is going on you are gonna have crap products period. Second if a game is generally bad there are still a few people out there who like it. I think everyone i talked to though area 51 was a steaming pile but I enjoyed it not the greatest thing i every played but i liked it.

Actually I would be shocked if someone has found the time to finish all the great games that are released each year.

The reason WW2 shooters are bought and annual sports games keep getting bought is because people want them. If someone wants MAdden 09 then he is going to get Madden 09. You can't expect that everyone has the same kind of taste as many of us do on Gamespot. By the way when was the last time we actually gave a damn about a WW2 FPS? I can't think of one in the last 2 years.