I’ve never cared for it - the entire show’s awards and announcements could be YouTube Shorts that I can pick and choose to watch, and I’d get exactly the same thing out of it.
I wait a day and then check for a megathread with bullet points, then see if there is anything of interest to me.
I’m not really excited about anything because I don’t care much for AAA but it‘s funny to me that a show like the Game Awards was never about the awards but just an excuse to show some world premier trailers.
They keep telling us how this is a celebration of this year while trailers for games in the coming years take center stage. It feels more like the most cynical funeral of old games while the new ones get coronated with their announcements.
And I know this is comment isn‘t deep or profound to anybody who ever watched the Game Awards but I just find it comical every year.
On the other hand, winning an award from this show has a tangible effect on game sales, so it’s nice when a game like Baldur’s Gate 3 can beat the mainstays like The Legend of Zelda and earn that bump for themselves.
It‘s definitely clever to wrap the Award show into a Superbowl type of event for the gaming industry. It ensures there will be a lot of eyes on award winners. But they still have to share the attention with the new shiny things that are being advertised so it‘s always a little awkward. It‘s bizarre but part of the experience and let‘s be honest, most of don‘t care about popularity contests. We tune in for the trailers.
The awards are done by the big studios anyway, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft etc, thats the jury, it always has a bias. Anything else only wins something if its so popular that it has to. It’s just a AAA circle jerk mostly.
But its not about the awards anyway, its about advertising.
The jury is composed of the review outlets, not the studios. It does have a bias toward larger games, because the outlets reviewing games have an incentive to more reliably cover the games that most of their audience will be interested in, but it’s not because Sony’s voting for themselves to win.
Not exactly no, they are directly involved in the process. They pick which outlets can vote, so you immediately have conflict of interest.
As a fair awards show, its fucking awful, but as we know, thats just the facade to selling people new products. It’s just advertising, hyped up.
Also media publications are often biased anyway as their entire business relies on exposure, which is infinitely harder to get if you are critical of games. Nobody is gonna slap a 5/10 on their product.
Not to mention its always games with money behind them, there’s lots of actual quality games released that never get a mention, let alone a nomination, because they simply werent published by a big company. They have fucking DLC nominated instead of games if the big guys didnt release anything that year.
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Todd Howard flayed alive on live televison.
The disappointment in my brother’s eyes when Half Life 3 isn’t announced…
… and mine too :(
Fucking REAL.
Like every other year until it or the next thing
Hopium administered
Crowbcat compilation. Tbh I didn’t know they were still doing that Game Awards
I really want a release date for Clockwork Revolution and Judas.
I’ve never cared for it - the entire show’s awards and announcements could be YouTube Shorts that I can pick and choose to watch, and I’d get exactly the same thing out of it.
I wait a day and then check for a megathread with bullet points, then see if there is anything of interest to me.
Is this the one where devolver digital does something goofy? That’s usually pretty fun
They might have, but I mostly remember their E3 shows.
I’d love to see something on the Lies of P Sequel
o (^^o)
Half life 3
The same thing I’ve been waiting for since 2003. A new F-Zero
1999, and a new Vib Ribbon for me.
You and me both, buddy…
Give me some WOODKID performing songs from Death Stranding 2.
I need a good cry.
Absolutely nothing.
I heard it’s likely we’re gonna see some KOTOR on there.
I just want to see some more exceptionalism from Flute Guy.
Oh hell yeah, we get to see him go ham on some Clair Obscur music.
The real reason to watch
My wife and I was laughing at that a while back. He’s great.
Always a highlight of the show. I hope he never cuts his hair.
I’m not really excited about anything because I don’t care much for AAA but it‘s funny to me that a show like the Game Awards was never about the awards but just an excuse to show some world premier trailers.
They keep telling us how this is a celebration of this year while trailers for games in the coming years take center stage. It feels more like the most cynical funeral of old games while the new ones get coronated with their announcements.
And I know this is comment isn‘t deep or profound to anybody who ever watched the Game Awards but I just find it comical every year.
On the other hand, winning an award from this show has a tangible effect on game sales, so it’s nice when a game like Baldur’s Gate 3 can beat the mainstays like The Legend of Zelda and earn that bump for themselves.
It‘s definitely clever to wrap the Award show into a Superbowl type of event for the gaming industry. It ensures there will be a lot of eyes on award winners. But they still have to share the attention with the new shiny things that are being advertised so it‘s always a little awkward. It‘s bizarre but part of the experience and let‘s be honest, most of don‘t care about popularity contests. We tune in for the trailers.
The awards are done by the big studios anyway, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft etc, thats the jury, it always has a bias. Anything else only wins something if its so popular that it has to. It’s just a AAA circle jerk mostly.
But its not about the awards anyway, its about advertising.
The jury is composed of the review outlets, not the studios. It does have a bias toward larger games, because the outlets reviewing games have an incentive to more reliably cover the games that most of their audience will be interested in, but it’s not because Sony’s voting for themselves to win.
Not exactly no, they are directly involved in the process. They pick which outlets can vote, so you immediately have conflict of interest.
As a fair awards show, its fucking awful, but as we know, thats just the facade to selling people new products. It’s just advertising, hyped up.
Also media publications are often biased anyway as their entire business relies on exposure, which is infinitely harder to get if you are critical of games. Nobody is gonna slap a 5/10 on their product.
Not to mention its always games with money behind them, there’s lots of actual quality games released that never get a mention, let alone a nomination, because they simply werent published by a big company. They have fucking DLC nominated instead of games if the big guys didnt release anything that year.
It’s just a big advertising show yeah. Like E3 but with all the soul and community sucked out of it. I dont know why anyone cares.
Looking for to be sleeping, I really don’t give a shit about that.