@GameOtaku The 2021 Japan and 2022 western release prediction @NotTelevision gave is vague enough that it could mean anything from a few months to almost 2 years.
@Grumblevolcano
A little more transparency from Atlus would be nice. So far only SMT 5 and the censored port of TMS#FE. (Almost forgot about the P5 sequel that's not even being done by Atlus so it shouldn't really count) PS4 has already had lots of support from Atlus. Honestly had P5 been confirmed all those months ago everybody would've said the writing was on the wall for it to come with all the teasing and leaks. At this point the censored TMS is going to flop "again" and it looks like they up and abandoned the switch.
I don't know if anyone has been following this but they started a "Player's Voice" category for the Game Awards which is just the audience voting for GOTY.
Fire Emblem is currently winning, with Smash Bros in third:
Given that this was just announced out of thin air, I think people are assuming it's because the critics have already chosen something very different from what the fans preferred, so Geoff Keighley has come up with this to try and mitigate any outrage over the main award not matching the audience preference.
@Dezzy It could be because of the whole Jedi Fallen Order nominated for nothing situation. Respawn deserves a lot of credit for going against EA's wishes and creating a game that not only has no microtransactions but is also a single player experience.
That’s incredible, especially given Fire Emblem is an exclusive, and on a system that still doesn’t even have the install base of Xbox, much less Xbox + PS4 + PC.
I hope it wins out.
Putting Control and Death Stranding in for GotY was such a perplexing decision, while leaving out Star Wars, Astral Chain, DMC5 or even Fire Emblem- and I recognize its niche but they included Persona 5. They seem to have no problem doing it as long as it’s a Sony exclusive, and people love Fire Emblem Three Houses.
Seeing Fire Emblem and Star Wars Top the list is a huge reality check for the Game Awards. A much, much needed reality check.
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To be fair though, there are problems with these types of votes as well.
It could simply mean that Fire Emblem fans are more likely to spend time on the internet. Something as incidental as that could flip a vote. Fans also turn it into a bit of a team sport sometimes. So you might get a different outcome if you show who's winning than if they'd been kept secret.
Ideally I'd like to see their GOTY be something like an average of 3 different votes. Maybe 1/3 traditional media, 1/3 youtubers, 1/3 online fan vote.
That would be a good way of trying to eliminate unimportant types of bias.
@Dezzy
I’m not saying it’s the pinnacle of representation, only that it’s a much needed reality check for TGA as far as public sentiment not aligning with their nominees. And it does align more with sentiment. The problem with how the nominees are chosen is, each site as a whole must choose, so even if there’s that one reviewer at a site who played and loved the game to death, because multiplatform (and especially PS) are so much more popular amongst the “gaming journalist” community, you still have those sites nominating other games, which is how you end up with stuff like Control and Death Stranding despite the fervent outpouring of adoration toward games like Fire Emblem. Almost all Nintendo gaming reviewers play other platforms, while most Sony/MS gaming reviewers only dabble in Nintendo games (evident amongst IGN staff for example- watch NVC and not an episode goes by they don’t bring up other games on other systems, but watch a Sony or MS focused podcast and you’ll never hear utterance of Nintendo from their mouths.
But the divide and separation from actual sentiment goes beyond platform lines as is evidenced by the lack of Star Wars. There is no way that game didn’t deserve GotY nomination. And I don’t have an explanation for that. All I can say is they needed a reality check, and that’s what this fan vote is- It’s a wake up call- your show isn’t adequately representing the sentiment of gamers. The favoritism and pandering is evident, and the fan vote, flawed as it may be, is far more representative than their own nominees.
I do like your idea though. They need to do something differently, because clearly the awards that are supposed to recognize the best games are not adequately representing the best games.
On a side note, could anyone imagine back when Shadow Dragon was released, at the low point of the series where the threat of hiatus was more real than ever, that within the next 10 years a Fire Emblem title would go on to sell 4-5 million copies and actually be recognized as Game of the Year by fan vote at an annual awards show, beating out the latest AAA Star Wars and Smash Bros?
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They will look on Me whom they pierced
Given how drastically the vote has shifted since just earlier, I won't be counting my chickens on FE winning until the time is up. Glad to see such a strong online push for the game, though. Games that aren't third-person action-adventure titles or RPGs rarely seem to get the recognition they deserve from critics.
Yeah I'm pretty sure Star Wars released after the deadline. It'll be eligible for next year's awards, though with everything coming out next year it probably gets passed over.
Glad to see such a strong online push for the game, though. Games that aren't third-person action-adventure titles or RPGs rarely seem to get the recognition they deserve from critics.
Yeah I'd like to see Fire Emblem win something just because it's the sort of game that never does, even though the series has been incredible for the last 5 years.
What’s the deadline? Because if the deadline is a full month before the awards, they’re only awarding for 10 months out of the year.
And it’s odd to see it included in the player’s choice if it’s truly ineligible. If it falls into next years category then it should be on next year’s players choice, not this year’s.
Fire Emblem breaking away pretty hard though. 41% with Star Wars at 25%. Even Smash is creeping up on Star Wars now at 22%.
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Won’t do any good for this game because it’s going to look just as good on Switch as PS4. No reason to buy that version when you can get both console and handheld combined in the Switch version anyways.
But for other games, games that have to be severely dialed back. Like DOOM Eternal, The Witcher 3, The Outer Worlds (I’m assuming)... that’s where cross save has its value. If only games like that had cross save, i’d have a lot more incentive to actually purchase the game a second time on another platform.
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@IceClimbers Woah, missed the Crossplay part. That's huge, means I can play with my friends without us all having to agree on a common system (meaning I'll be getting Switch version for sure)
The Game Awards have no Mario Kart Tour for 'Best Mobile Game'? What the?? That's disappointing.
It's the best mobile game I ever played. I play it every day since its launch in September. Not even regular Mario Kart games are that addicting and fresh.
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