We're still 15 weeks away from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Starfield, but conver🉐sations about how its review scores will fit into the wider𝓰 landscape have already kicked off.
Speaking on the XboxEra podcast over the weekend, leaker Nick Baker suggested that "it doesn't matter if Starfield is great - I'm already convinced that no-one wants to give Starfield high review scores." Baker's tꦓhesis is that 'low' scores ranging from 7-8.5 out of 10 would be handed down to spin up a news cycle about Xbox's continued difficulties over recent years.
XboxEra co-founder Nick Baket says he's convinced that no gaming🥃 outlets want to give Starfield high scores. He argues other sites have already decided to give Starfield 7.0-8.5 reviews in order🀅 to generate traffic and drag the Xbox brand down. pic.twitter.com/GmDYH87QYQ
Once again, the logic is far from perfect - plenty of studios have but what's strange is that so much attention is already being paid to what the Starfield review scores might be. We're still weeks out from its big 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Starfield Direct, and months out from release. No member of the press has had their hands on Starfield yet, and before they do we'll have reviews for several other major games to contend with - 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Diablo 4, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 16, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 just to name a few.
Perhaps a significant factor in the amount of attention being paid to this particular set of reviews, however, is the amount of pressure to perform that Starfield 🍰is under after Redfall. As Heather put it earlier this month, Xbox needs a win after the d💞ifficult launch of its co-op vampire shooter, and S𒁃tarfield is firmly in the community's sight-lines; "there's no ignoring the fact that expectations have only skyrocketed with the launch of Redfall, and it feels like Starfield needs to do well to see out the latter half of Xbox's lineup this year."
I'm keen to know what the Starfield reviews will look like, not least because Sony, Nintendo, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft are all pushing their own GOTY candidates this year. That said, I'm more than happy to wait the three months until the game is actua𒆙lly nearing launch to start even thin𝕴king about what its average score might look like.
Before Starfield, we've got the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Games Showcase 2023 to get through.
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