We all know there are games we enjoy that get poor reviews and there are games that are well reviewed but don’t sell big numbers and turn in big coin.  What of the games that get crap ratings but sell big?  This phenomenon has been on the rise recently with titles like Wii Play and Wii Music in the top 10 NPD sales data for November.

Brice Morrison, developer and blogger, has written a fairly interesting article bringing up the question of does a high Metacritic score equal higher sales.

But what happens when instead of being spot on, the gaming press appears to have a blind spot?  What happens with poorly or mediocre rated games go on to break multi-platinum sales records?  What happens when Metacritic is consistently wrong?

To sum it up if you ask the question does a Metacritic score directly correlate to sales the answer is yes, if you are Nintendo, and no if you are anyone else.  I strongly suggest giving the full article a read here.