{"id":1745,"date":"2009-09-29T06:29:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T11:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/29\/is-it-time-to-shift\/"},"modified":"2010-06-01T19:31:48","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T00:31:48","slug":"is-it-time-to-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/29\/is-it-time-to-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it time to SHIFT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Buy has <em>Need for Speed SHIFT<\/em> on sale for $39.99, which is a solid $20 off its normal price.  I have been holding off on this one for a couple of reasons.  First, I do not really have the time to just into another game right now.  Second, I am not really sure this one is worth $60.<\/p>\n<p>The time thing does not change, but $39.99 is an enticing price point.  I am not sure if the game is on sale because the numbers have been poor, or because Best Buy needed a loss leader.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/needforspeedshift\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/needforspeedshift', 'metacritic scores');\" target=\"new\">metacritic scores<\/a> have been decent; the game currently has an 83 rating (based on 39 reviews).  The user score could be more telling at 7.8 (based on 23 votes).  Honestly I am surprised that the user scores are not higher<\/p>\n<p>The metacritic scores are an interesting tool in making a decision on a game, but they should always be taken with a grain of salt.  For example, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/ferrarichallengetrofeopirelli\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/ferrarichallengetrofeopirelli', 'Ferrari Challenge');\" target=\"new\">Ferrari Challenge<\/a><\/em> ended up being an excellent purchase for me even though its average review (71%) and user scores (7.5) were not very stellar.  In other words, you can use the scores as a starting point, but not as the final arbitrator of your purchasing decision.  At least that is the way I do my homework.<\/p>\n<p>I can see myself getting <em>SHIFT<\/em> just because of the price.  It will be a game that I can enjoy over the next few months, and it will probably be a year or more until the game drops to a retail price that is this low, which means it is good eBay fodder if I happen to not enjoy the game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Buy has Need for Speed SHIFT on sale for $39.99, which is a solid $20 off its normal price. I have been holding off on this one for a couple of reasons. First, I do not really have the time to just into another game right now. Second, I am not really sure this &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/29\/is-it-time-to-shift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is it time to SHIFT?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions\/2654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}