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I was wondering if anyone knows how the video game rental business works when it comes to companies paying royalties out to the game developers per unit rented or do they agree on a set price before hand or do they just buy the game at retail price and rent the sucker out?

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People are complaining that users must read the review and stop whining about the 5 star rating system. Well I can tell you there are a lot of people out there that seek out the rating a reputable game review site gives and decides to play the game on that alone because reading the review gives too much away and makes it so you have assumptions of how things should play out. I for one hate reading reviews because I feel it ruins the game for me as I am expecting everything that I read int he review. I like to see the score it got on a website I trust and go off that so the game is completely new in my mind without all the information given in the review. I am saying saying that this site does not provide that aspect for its readers and I think it should be changed. A 5 star rating system cannot and will not be able to represent the true feelings of the reviewer to the readers AT A GLANCE.

I really like how the opening argument is hidden. These forums seem to work really well!

Easy navigation too!

That aside I'd like to bring up one of my points in my original post that is now hidden. A perfect rating objectively does not exist and GianBomb is throwing around 5/5 ratings like its no big deal. Shame on this website. SHAME.

Ghost Recon 2, not advanced warfighter but just Ghost Recon. Hardest difficulty I couldn't beat the first part of the the first level and I'm no n00b. I was SO mad.

My friend had a stuck pixel and I fixed it by putting a thin cloth over it (so you dont scratch your screen) and flicking it a couple times really hard with my finger. Worked like a charm and is still going strong today!

Seriously don't just pass something by because it a couple minute read. Take 3 minutes and read it so you can properly formulate your opinion on the subject matter at hand. Well at least you agree on my main point I guess...

EDIT: Why did the mods delete Solid Snakes post? He agreed with me on my over all point.....

I really have to say that i think the 5 star rating system is not only flawed, but a serious cop-out for the reviews. It makes the reviews look like they are too afraid to come right out and give a game a serious rating. Let me explain; with the 5 star rating system you get inherent flaws that just destroy what ratings are all about. If something gets 2 stars out of 5 to the average user that is just as bad as 1 star, both a terrible games that should be overlooked. On the converse side a game that scores 4 stars does not differ too much from a game that scores 5 stars, both a fantastic and need to be played. Then you get the dreaded, overused, cop-out, comfortable 3 stars out of five; its so easy to just give up and not have to really give a game a score with the 3 stars out of 5. The reviewer is neither saying the game has any really shining qualities while it neither has anything particularly bad about it. Its the run of the mill score that doesn't offend the developers of the game and keeps the reviewer happy because he can just sort of slap on a 3 star and be done with it.

I really hope you guys listen to what I have to say because really it is keeping down the credibility of this site and I just cannot take the review scores seriously. Think about the differences between the ratings: 1-2.5/10 these "programs are worth a try (not even a play because saying you are playing them would imply you are having fun) because they are just SO bad its worth a laugh. 3/10 even looking at the box I don't see how see how someone could think this is fun 3.5/10 the box says its a video game, but after trying to play it I'd have to disagree 4/10 its a video game... i guess. 4.5/10 well its comes in a box and installs and plays through, but that is about it. 5/10 is the thin line between "don't even try this game and you might see something if you play this game through.... might.  5.5/10 its bad, but might be worth a little play time because it has something in it to be seen, 6/10 not terrible and maybe even worth a play through, but nothing out of the norm 6.5/10 worth a play through and you'll have a little fun while your at it but doesn't push anything. 7/10 they got down how to make a game right as the mechanics and graphics are good enough to warrant going through and you might see something new done, but just doesn't come together as it could 7.5/10 this game is worth a play through and the mechanics are done right nothing really b ad to say about the game as its completely worth a play through, but could have had just a few little things added to it to make shine a bit brighter. 8/10 these games are what drive the industry as they have solid mechanics and probably great graphics if needed. These games are what gamers are satisfied with over all the most because everything has come together so well yet nothing is pushed so it feels comfortable and is memorable which makes it worth every penny and minute spent. 8.5/10 takes an 8.0 game and pushes something whether it be game mechanics or something special in the story line or production values above and beyond what the average gamer would expect in a game; it is a treat and would spoiled if it came along too often. 9/10 was rarely seen and in this day and age is thrown around like the N word in rap which has destroyed it for many people. It used to be the best of the best and hardly ever attained so attaining it was the one of the utmost prestigious things a game developer could hope for its creation. If a site has more than a handful of 9/10 throughout all of its games reviewed over all of its systems you know something is wrong and the site is not reputable. 9.5/10 (and 10/10) is the highest attainable score for any game of all time as there has been and NEVER will be any game that is completely without flaw on launch or anything what so ever that could use a changed or improved or something added; if a site has 1 or 2 maybe even 3 games that get 9.5/10 they are most likely reputable and these games are a shining beacon of what can be created from intelligent, creative and motivated minds put together every so often in the history of gaming that amazes us all and leaves us feeling completely satisfied in our gaming pleasures. If a game is given a 10/10 is shows the reviewer has blinded himself of his own job and should not be review anymore; a reviewer that cannot find fault or suggest improvement is useless to the people who read the reviews and should promptly be fired or resign.

As you can see the 5 star system does not have even CLOSE to the representation the 10 point system has and if you read everything I had to say you would see why the 5/5 star rating which is used a lot at this website is not only unattainable, but shameful to the reviewer.