Quote Originally Posted by badinsults View Post
You obviously didn't read Gamepro in the early 90s.
Who did?

But, really, the thing about perfect scores is that there's a certain measure of luck involved. With Famitsu, unless there's some kind of shenanigans going on, it probably has a lot to do with catching four separate people each having a really good day.

And Game Informer has the problem of the decimal points. I don't even think they themselves can articulate the difference between a 9.5/9.75 and a 10. It's almost like the 9.75s are given out with the implicit "we don't want to bestow a perfect score for some arbitrary reason." Again, catch somebody on a good day and it's the difference between just getting a good score vs. making the list.

That's actually one reason why Siskel & Ebert had the thumbs up/down system. Because, in the end, what else really matters?