EA Stooge Thinks Game Reviews Don’t Matter Because Readers Are Dumb
Ultra know-it-all head-hancho, Kathy Vrabek, of EA Games said that she is definitely not concerned with the poor ratings that EA games get from online game review sites such as Gamespot, IGN and Joystiq because she firmly believes gamers don’t actually read any of the reviews.
“I get less concerned about game reviews because the casual gamers don’t read any of those things,” EA Casual president Kathy Vrabek said.
Sales figures and game review scores obviously don’t seem to share a connection when it comes to the purchasing power of the average gamer. Advertising and word-of-mouth chatter have been keeping some of EA’s terrible titles very successful, regardless of the pounding they take from the major review sites.
“[casual gamers are] not swayed by a low score on IGN or a low score out of one of these gaming sites,” she went on to say. “It’s a little bit amusing, in that it’s people reviewing games against measures that are important to core gamers yet are not important to casual gamers.”
Are game review sites such as IGN and Joystiq even worth having around for anything other than screenshots? Probably not. Lose those high-paid game reviews and focus on more screenshots and video previews please! Let the hype machine roll on!
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That lady is pretty much just a big turd waiting to get flushed.
I’ve been a faithful member of IGN since it’s inception and I think their reviews are great. For EA to come out and say something like that puts a huge foot in it’s own mouth. IGN has been one of the best game review sites on the internet since it began and it will continue to affect casual gamers for years to come. She’s obviously trying to put a retarded spin on something that doesn’t exist which I think is bullshit anyways.
I’d hit it.
I wanna dip my balls deep inside that fiery vixen’s asshole.
she’s hot
Let’s pound her together… But she’s right, most people just buy games off of the shelf that they’ve heard about, and advertising can do that easily. Back in the early 90’s EA made horrible games but I still got them because the box was dressed nicely. Then they found sports and lost the reputation for craphole games.
oh and if they sully their reputation too bad casual gamers will catch on again. For now their sales are good with the “mass market”, people who don’t read reviews much.