The following table gives you the basic info, sorted from highest to lowest average score. Remember, this covers all reviews published during the first quarter of 2008:
Site | No. of Reviews | Average Score |
AirGamer | 70 | 8.00 |
Mobile Game FAQs | 46 | 7.66 |
Midlet Review | 25 | 7.60 |
IGN Wireless | 29 | 7.21 |
Pocket Gamer | 143 | 6.66 |
Obviously, Pocket Gamer is a sister site of PocketGamer.biz, so I'm going to steer clear of any value judgements or speculation about other sites' policies.
One thing worth noting about Pocket Gamer is the much higher number of reviews due to syndication deals with the likes of Vodafone Live and Samsung, meaning that the site is reviewing a much wider spread of games, and thus more poor-quality titles.
Anyway, one positive point about this research is that, if you take all 313 reviews into account during Q1, the average score was 7.43. Which appears good news for the overall quality level of mobile games.
Let us know your views, though. Meanwhile, we're looking to expand the number of sites covered next time, with several having already been recommended, or got in touch. Keep 'em coming!