Continuing my quest to never get laid, I spent a Saturday cross-checking GameRankings review scores against VGChartz sales numbers.  As of January 15th, 213 games have sold one-million copies on the three seventh-generation consoles, reception ranging from dreadful to legendary.  Armed with this data, I ask: What can we learn about the seventh generation of video games with this data?

Bad games can be purchased for any console.  Many sell.  But never have so many sold irrespectively of “quality”.  And the majority of this business is taking place on the Nintendo Wii.

Yeah, reviewers have biases.  They enjoy Microsoft’s wallet.  They would have married Grand Theft Auto IV if they were allowed to.  But on a “compiling thousands of reviews for hundreds of games” basis, I’m willing to hear the opinion of those who enjoy the medium for a living.

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By receiving an unprecedented 93-out-of-10 score from XboxAddict (and not the 9.3 listed in the review), Batman: Arkham Asylum has become GameRankings’ highest-rated game of all-time, dethroning the eleven-year reign of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Microsoft will be holding a press conference shortly, detailing how the X-Box version received an average review score thirty-five points higher than its Playstation counterpart.  The press has been asked to bring champagne and their broken X-Box 360s.  The Ghetto will follow with more information as our infatuation with arbitrary numbers marches onward.