{"id":966894,"date":"2026-01-03T23:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/suda51-reckons-everyone-cares-too-much-about-the-numbers-on-metacritic"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:37:18","slug":"suda51-reckons-everyone-cares-too-much-about-the-numbers-on-metacritic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/suda51-reckons-everyone-cares-too-much-about-the-numbers-on-metacritic\/","title":{"rendered":"Suda51 reckons &#8220;everyone cares too much about the numbers&#8221; on Metacritic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/suda51-reckons-everyone-cares-too-much-about-the-numbers-on-metacritic.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Goichi &#8220;Suda51&#8221; Suda says game companies are too hung up on how their games perform on Metacritic.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to our sister site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/suda51-everyone-cares-too-much-about-metacritic-scores\">GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>, Suda said that whilst he will check scores when a game releases &#8211; &#8220;Sometimes a media outlet has given us zero. That makes me feel shitty &#8211; why go that far and give us zero?&#8221; &#8211; but apart from that, he &#8220;tries to avoid Metacritic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody pays too much attention to and cares too much about Metacritic scores. It&#8217;s gotten to the point where there&#8217;s almost a set formula &ndash; if you want to get a high Metacritic score, this is how you make the game,&#8221; Suda said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/suda51-reckons-everyone-cares-too-much-about-the-numbers-on-metacritic\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/suda51-reckons-everyone-cares-too-much-about-the-numbers-on-metacritic\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goichi &#8220;Suda51&#8221; Suda says game companies are too hung up on how their games perform on Metacritic. Talking to our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz, Suda said that whilst he will check scores when a game releases &#8211; &#8220;Sometimes a media outlet has given us zero. That makes me feel shitty &#8211; why go that far and give us zero?&#8221; &#8211; but apart from that, he &#8220;tries to avoid Metacritic&#8221;. &#8220;Everybody pays too much attention to and cares too much about Metacritic scores. It&#8217;s gotten to the point where there&#8217;s almost a set formula &ndash; if you want to get a high Metacritic score, this is how you make the game,&#8221; Suda said. 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