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Seaside @8bitdemongirl11/13/2023, 7:05 PM

Lizstar @Lizstar

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 7:03 PM

I have many, many, MANY problems with game of the year award shows. But one of the ones bothering me looking at THIS image of all the games nominated for GOTY at the Game Awards is Recency Bias.

Three of these games came out within the last month. Five came out after May. The only one released before May is prolly the weakest choice here (RE4, sorry RE4 fans). You're tellin' me there was NOTHING within the first six months worthy of nomination? Or are you only thinking that cause these are the big games RIGHT now, and therefore best for profit?

#The Game Awards #goty

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@aune11/13/2023, 7:05 PM

Cassette Beasts deserves attention

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 7:07 PM

Agreed. I can think of a bunch of games that came out in the first half that are better than some of the games here, but they're indie games, so they'd never get the same spotlight.

Coda @Codarobo11/13/2023, 7:07 PM

It feels like it would be easier and make a lot more sense to just have the awards show in like, january, and consider all games released in the prior calendar year..

Coda @Codarobo11/13/2023, 7:10 PM

that of course would also require awards shows to be something other than commercials, so I realize I'm asking a lot here

Your dad on the internet @ravingsockmonkey11/13/2023, 8:38 PM

You mentioning the whole thing being commercials made it really hit for me that the reason of the timing is the holiday sales spike. Which sucks because an awards show should be about genuinely awarding good games, not just bumping up xmas sales for already big releases.

Ohhhhh... THAT Raptor!@Raptor11/14/2023, 4:17 AM

It would then make it more like other yearly awards, even for media, encompassing the entire year in question. Like the ones that bother with a veneer of respectability.

But most everything other than the IDGAs and GDCAs are just there to pump sales for Capitalismas, because the vast majority of games media, awards inclusive, are functionally captured arms of the marketing departments.

Ohhhhh... THAT Raptor!@Raptor11/14/2023, 4:21 AM

Video games are not art, they're products, toys even. 🙃

Demerine, fae-touched witch @Demerine11/13/2023, 7:16 PM

It takes a lot to say "but theatrhythm" here, but really this is just a way for AAA developers to pat themselves on the back and try to sell more units.

But also Astrea might be a brilliant rebuild of the deck building genre and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk definitely came out this summer and is the nostalgia bomb of the year for a lot of folk (not me, I got a star ocean).

Options abound, and are better than the disappointment of Tears of the Kingdom, the "other platforming teams already did this but with less polish" that is Wonder, or "wait did Alan Wake need a sequel?" here. BG3 is a worthy nominee at the least.

@gkrnours11/13/2023, 8:05 PM

wait, thers is an akan wake 2?

Lizstar @Lizstar11/13/2023, 8:07 PM

Came out october 27th not even a month old

💜 ʀɪxᴋᴇʏ 💜@rixkey11/14/2023, 2:05 AM

where is armored core 6 man fuck