I agree with you about IGN's quality, but I think it's not necessarily your opinion that's generating the downvotes, but the tone.

IGN being disconnected from the tastes and preferences of gamers? Almost inarguable. Letting political opinions of the journalists have huge sway over game reviews and scores? I'd say that is inarguable.

But you'll get downvoted when you type a post on HN that seems like you're getting excited while typing.