Have you seen what Metafuture is doing…?

Well, for one, they are closing. Well, more or less morphing. Into what you ask? A game ranking site.

I know, you were just thinking, “boy, we really could use another game rankings site. I mean those other guys just don’t put numbers together like I like.”

Funny thing is, they don’t, you probably just didn’t realize it. How do I know this? Well, Metafuture has posted some data they will be using to create their new review numbers. If you notice, IGN numbers are skewed very high and towards whole numbers. If you take that into account instead of just taking their given number, it will change the review. Now take that theory and the same thing with other big sites and magazine scores. Why, you might actually have a useful service.

From Mr. Gallant’s fingers to your eyes:

Metafuture will improve the service that sites like GameRankings provide. Put a better way, we will create the service that those sites attempt to provide. First of all, we’ll cut down on the number of review outlets. There’s no need to have a huge number of reviews for a game to provide a useful aggregated score. Magazines and the top websites will be just fine.

Second comes the funny part. Games will still get an average score from all contributing reviews. But a site’s contribution to that average will depend on that site’s own individual normal curve— with the immediate left and right of the bell’s tip signifying three stars on a scale of one to five. Watch the drama as the biggest sweethearts see their 8.4 score for Gun and Car IV get pegged as three stars.

It sounds like it might work. And might be useful.

What Would Matt Do: Pay attention. Gallant is a funny man with smarts behind him and this could be a useful service compared to previous offerings.