Nintendo never dropped the standards for Player's Choice (BTW, this is not a Player's Choice lineup, it's name is translated to something like "Everybody's Recommendation lineup"). PC titles were determined by how many copies a game sold. Take Sony for example, their Greatest Hits lineup required a game to be out for at least 6 months and sold 250K copies.
Vudu, it's not BS. You are assuming they would start with the top-rated games (i.e. the #1 rated game, #2, #3, etc.). These games are some of the top rated.