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Originally posted by nanofever
My impression of IGN is that they would give a rotting piece of meat a 4.5/5 if it bought some advertising space. Then again, I also think Gamepro is one of the worst magazines on earth for the same reason.
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That's what most people seem to think, simply because if you don't have an Insider account with them, the site has a lot of ads on it. Have you actually read the reviews? Remember that below 8 isn't considered good on IGN. The average PS2, XBox, and GC games on there get somewhere between 5 and 7 (yes, I calculated it for this very reason). How can they be accused of biased for money when the average game gets bad reviews? The PC game average is even LOWER than this.
I rarely ever disagree with IGN. I know that many times I go with EGM's opinion over IGN's, but it doesn't make them a bad reviewer, and certainly not a biased-for-money company. If you can show me a review that's higher than it should be because of money, then link it right here.
PS: I'm not a big GamePro fan either, but when it's free, I'm all for it.
-Lasereth