i agree that a middle ground would be perfectAt the same time, if Dev keep getting high-ratings, they have no incentive improve, continuing to serve up slop maybe with even worse quality because they know people with still buy and rate it high.
In fact it might discourage people who actually make something good as they will have either the same rating or just half a star more than these slop.
I think this sites rates are more fair. Maybe Mods need to regular ratings a bit better but most of the time, games with above 4 stars deserve more than dlsite's.
high ratings might make developers lazier but it also keeps them motivated
low ratings might make some developers learn things but also demotivate others
how many developers have left this website because of this and hate.
all i am saying is that i believe positive encouragement works better in some cases than negative bashing
if you are a developer that worked 1000/10000 hours on something and there is one aspect of the game that is lacking
1 review says
4/5 - i enjoy the game but this area of the game could be improved on
and the other says
1/5 - it could be a fun game but it is ruined by this stupid thing.
what would give you more motivation to change things and keep going?
in JP reviews you usually see the first kind of reviews.
in western reviews and especially on this website you see the second kind lots of times.