What Makes Us Different?
Most social media platforms treat you like the product. We built Rank and Play to be different. Here is exactly how, and why it matters.
1. We Will Never Sell Your Data
Your personal information is not for sale. We do not sell, rent, or trade your data to advertisers, data brokers, or anyone else. Full stop.
2. We Make Money From Sponsorships and Advertising, Not From You
We make (or plan to make) money through sponsorships and advertising, not by harvesting and reselling your personal information. Our incentive is to keep the community healthy and growing, not to extract as much data from you as possible.
3. We Respect Your Privacy
We do not read your private messages. What you send to friends is between you and them. Your privacy is not a feature we bolt on later, it is something we respect from the start.
4. You Have Real Power Over What We Build
We take your update suggestions seriously. As a user, you have a real say in what gets prioritized and deployed. This platform is built to evolve based on what the community actually wants, not what a boardroom decides.
5. Scores Come From the Community, Not One Reviewer
Sites like IGN hand a game's score to a single reviewer or a small editorial team. On Rank and Play, every score is built from real ratings submitted by the community. No one person, publication, or publisher relationship decides what a game is worth.
6. No Black-Box Scores, No Hidden Reasoning
A single number out of 10 does not tell you much. Every Rank and Play score is built from Gameplay, Immersion, Fun, Story, Graphics, Sound, and Replay ratings, so you can see exactly why a game scores the way it does instead of just trusting a headline number.
7. No Advertiser or Publisher Influence on Scores
Traditional gaming outlets can rely on early review copies, ad deals, and access to publishers, which creates real or perceived conflicts of interest. Our scores are generated by the community, so there is no marketing budget or advertiser relationship that can move a game's rating up or down.
8. A Real Community, Not Just a Comments Section
IGN gives you an article and a comment thread. Rank and Play gives you profiles, friends, forums, member-written reviews, and community-voted Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame lists. It is a place to connect with other gamers, not just read what one outlet thinks.