The funny thing about Steam is that there is no “highest rated”. There is “recommended” and “not recommended”. So you might “recommend” both S1 and COE33 even though you enjoyed the latter way more.
You take the number of “recommendeds” of one game and compare it to the total “recommendeds” of another. One would likely have more than the other. Thereby making one rated higher than the other.
It’s already common to see rating systems primarily only get the lowest or the highest rating, effectively working out to be the same as a “like/dislike” system, similar to Steam’s “recommended/not recommended” system.
I do get your point. Another thing to consider is that if those rankings included porn games most people on this thread would understand your point way better. 🤣
The funny thing about Steam is that there is no “highest rated”. There is “recommended” and “not recommended”. So you might “recommend” both S1 and COE33 even though you enjoyed the latter way more.
You take the number of “recommendeds” of one game and compare it to the total “recommendeds” of another. One would likely have more than the other. Thereby making one rated higher than the other.
It’s already common to see rating systems primarily only get the lowest or the highest rating, effectively working out to be the same as a “like/dislike” system, similar to Steam’s “recommended/not recommended” system.
I understand what they’re trying to say but it’s not accurate and misrepresents the situation.
I do get your point. Another thing to consider is that if those rankings included porn games most people on this thread would understand your point way better. 🤣
Uh… What?
Game A has 100 recommends, 300 not-recommend
Game B has 90 recommends, 10 not-recommends.
Is A more highly recommended? In a meaningful way?
The ratio between likes/dislikes would also be taken into account the same way star ratings are averaged.
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