@deftangel,
May have been suggested before, although before metacritic futures existed, but regardless it's a good idea that you have.

I generally regard posting reviews as a good thing, as long as people are not posting many reviews for 1 game or from questionable sources. Reviews are particularly worthy when its the first one we know of for a high profile game, or as you said when a game receieves a particularly high or low score.

@ixaarii,

There's probably a myriad of reasons this isn't coming out for PS2 or the other consoles, at least in the near future. The biggest reason they went with the Wii, as Istorymy already said, is the control scheme. The Wii remote (is it acceptable to call it a Wiimote? People do that, yes?) is perfectly made for point-and-click adventure games, a fact that many fans saw as soon as the controller was unveiled. The only reason the game is going to any console is because the fanbase wanted a Wii version so bad. Whether they make the jump to more consoles remains to be seen. Anybody have a source for the X360 rumours?

@apujanata,

well i am fairly heavily short on Burnout atm, ive shorted 9500 on the 360 at 160dkp and 6000 on ps3 at 125dkp and im pretty much at my margin after shorts on total software sales so ive not got any position on Mercenaries yet. for me its still too far from release and as this past month shows there are people willing to buy it up, it could end up being a big hole. with todays rebound from burnout i think its worth a short tbh, ive taken some advantage from it but im nearly at the margin. to what extent you short is it obviously down to you. personally i think the price for burnout 360 should be closer to 90dkp and the ps3 60dkp and mercenaries should be closer to 120dkp at the highest. theres profit there on both, but i think burnout has the quickest exit oppurtunities.

@Joe80,

Agreed, the first Mercenaries was a quality title, good mission structure, aiming and calling in for air strikes and shipments such as weapons or vehicles was enjoyable. The game was open ended and allowed for a good deal of experimentation and the different characters added variety. The first game is regarded rather highly by many people I know, myself included, so I think this game will benefit from that greatly. Also, since EA is publishing this, as Joe80 said, it will have a larger potential consumer base than most games do. Given how games like COD4 and Assassin's Creed are doing, I would not doubt that this game will sell quite well when it is released and continue to sell well after it is released. For these reasons I think the current price is well within reach.

Here is a suggestion I have that may or may not have been made before. Has a "review/review scores" channel separate from the "news" channel been considered? Perhaps tying it in with the Metacritic futures page...

I have to confess, I don't find the posting of review scores in the News section terribly helpful. I'm loathe to downbid them as a) the community seems to upbid them and b) downbidding something purely because it's content *I* don't agree with seems to be not the done thing. The only counter to that would be when a game gets a particularly high/low score, something significant enough that it might shift a stock price. Middling scores and/or from unknown sources don't make much sense to me, whereas, EDGE or 1up giving Gears of War 2 a 4/10 *is* news, at least IMO.

Perhaps a review channel, streamlined and standardised (i.e. easy to enter the score, etc) and tied into the Metacritic section might promote some more interest in those given there will be a lot more of those Futures going forward.

Any thoughsts?