This event is a joke. I was looking at the 30 games available to vote at Player’s Voice and there was 0 indie games in there. But you know what? I can vote for genshin, apex, and all those online bullshit.
It’s all about popularity, marketing. It’s all about money.
He wanted to make a big glitzy award show like the Oscars because he (and many other people in games media) desperately want gaming to be seen as relevant or artistic or mainstream or whatever and in order to make a big glitzy award show he needed a ton of money so he just made the show one big series of ads.
The Game Developer’s Choice Awards have been going since 2000. While not all of their choices are agreed on, they are a group of game developers in the industry who answer to no advertisers. So we already have an Oscars and the Doritto king is not part of it.
I don’t take it seriously, but you know that they can do better than that. Games that released in 2023 should get praise, not live service games that didn’t even release that year.
Like, why should these games be able to compete in player’s voice instead of so many other highly acclaimed games in 2023? How can anyone “celebrate” the industry like you said when they themselves don’t take the awards seriously, what you’re doing is celebrating games from the big publishers and the biggest live service games at the moment, not the industry, but the rich people in it.
And Geoff will never say anything bad about the games industry because he wants to remain buddy-buddy with everyone in the industry.
Like, I get his show is suppose to be a celebration of video-games, but just how blatant all the awful shit in gaming gets ignored (MTX, live-service, unfinished launches, etc) just kinda looks silly at this point.
Lol studios don’t buy their way into the game awards, and anyone who thinks they do are deluding themselves.
It’s literally just people at various gaming outlets getting ballots and voting for what they think should win in whatever category.
That’s why only the biggest games get on there. It’s not because they paid to be there. It’s because those are the most known, most popular, and most widely liked games that people have played.
This event is a joke. I was looking at the 30 games available to vote at Player’s Voice and there was 0 indie games in there. But you know what? I can vote for genshin, apex, and all those online bullshit. It’s all about popularity, marketing. It’s all about money.
Agree
Imagine. People picking popular stuff. Crazy.
He wanted to make a big glitzy award show like the Oscars because he (and many other people in games media) desperately want gaming to be seen as relevant or artistic or mainstream or whatever and in order to make a big glitzy award show he needed a ton of money so he just made the show one big series of ads.
The Game Developer’s Choice Awards have been going since 2000. While not all of their choices are agreed on, they are a group of game developers in the industry who answer to no advertisers. So we already have an Oscars and the Doritto king is not part of it.
There’s no need to take it seriously, enjoy the trailers, the live music, enjoy seeing voice/performance actors being celebrated.
I don’t take it seriously, but you know that they can do better than that. Games that released in 2023 should get praise, not live service games that didn’t even release that year.
Like, why should these games be able to compete in player’s voice instead of so many other highly acclaimed games in 2023? How can anyone “celebrate” the industry like you said when they themselves don’t take the awards seriously, what you’re doing is celebrating games from the big publishers and the biggest live service games at the moment, not the industry, but the rich people in it.
And thus, your third eye is open.
It’s all about money. Always has been. Always will be.
And Geoff will never say anything bad about the games industry because he wants to remain buddy-buddy with everyone in the industry.
Like, I get his show is suppose to be a celebration of video-games, but just how blatant all the awful shit in gaming gets ignored (MTX, live-service, unfinished launches, etc) just kinda looks silly at this point.
Lol studios don’t buy their way into the game awards, and anyone who thinks they do are deluding themselves.
It’s literally just people at various gaming outlets getting ballots and voting for what they think should win in whatever category.
That’s why only the biggest games get on there. It’s not because they paid to be there. It’s because those are the most known, most popular, and most widely liked games that people have played.