@Grumblevolcano Horizon Zero Dawn has no chance. If a non-Nintendo game is going to win GOTY at the Game Awards, it's going to be PUBG. That game is a massive phenomenon. It's sold over 15 million copies in the 6 or 7 months it's been available, has over 2 million concurrent players, is pretty consistently at the top of Twitch, and has essentially put a new genre on the map (there's been battle royale games in the past, but nothing to the level of success of PUBG). It's going to influence multiplayer shooters for years.
The only thing that will keep PUBG out of the running is that it's still technically in early access, which could make it ineligible.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, for those not in the know, is basically a 1v100 multiplayer shooter on Steam. Early Access sales on Steam still count as sales, as once the game gets out of that Early Access, players still have access to it.
While I haven't played it myself, I certainly have seen how popular it has become.
Kinda waiting for it to make its way to the Xbox, even though I know the superior version is on PC, simply because I don't really use my laptop for gaming any more. Occasional GTAV and Sonic Generations, and that's about it.
Yeah, I was thinking PUBG wouldn't be eligible as it's still in early access. If it does end up being eligible then no doubt will it win. The Nintendo games that lost in previous years are why I don't think something like BotW or Super Mario Odyssey will win.
Well I dont think it will count as they can't review an unfinished product. No reviews means there's no way they can include it for GotY this year at least. They also don't base a game on sales to determine GotY status. Who's to say BotW couldn't sell more copies if more Switches were available to purchases. Odyssey will also be up there no matter how it sells based off reviews.
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If I was only ever able to have Monster Hunter and EO games in the future, I would be a happy man.
@Spoony_Tech for PUBG, reviews don't matter anymore. Its already a cultural phenomenon. Its akin to something going viral. They can judge the game just based on that alone
Breath of the Wild is going to clean up - so much so that Aonuma-san will be able to build himself a brand new trophy room made entirely out of Game of the Year awards! ..the 2017 GotY debate seems to me to be about as futile as debating the Oscars in the year that The Return of the King was nominated - I get the feeling that a lot of peoples minds were already made up back in March
@diwdiws Pokémon GO won surprisingly few Game of the Year awards despite being arguably the biggest cultural phenomenon in recent times - so I really don't think that PUBG is going to get that much love in awards season...and I can't even see Odyssey coming close either to be honest - like I say, I think it's been largely sewn up since March
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