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Historical instances further fuel doubts about the legitimacy of these reviews. For example, MetaCritic's coverage of Sony titles has revealed patterns of review manipulation. About five months ago, over 6,000 negative reviews for Death Stranding—a Sony-published game—were removed en masse due to review bombing. While some negative reviews remained, many positive reviews with identical language or grammar mistakes appeared to be artificially curated or promoted to improve the game's score.