Stellar blade sold more than 3 million copies in less than 10 days ::jiggle::
Comment on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Review Thread (92/100 OpenCritic)
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 20 hours ago
So it’s this versus Expedition 33 for GOTY then? I feel for Sandfall, that’s some unfortunate timing if they end up upstaged by Kojima.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Stovetop@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Stellar Blade is a 2024 game, so likely not GotY this year if it wasn’t even close last year.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It’s definitely not decided yet. A breakout hit could still come out of nowhere, which seems to be happening more and more often lately, including Clair Obscur. There’s also still the likes of Donkey Kong Bananza, Mina the Hollower, and Hollow Knight: Silksong coming later this year, and those are just the ones on my radar that seem likely to review that well.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 20 hours ago
I have a very hard time seeing any of those competing with either Clair Obscur or Death Stranding 2, apart from maybe Silksong (if it actually ever does come out). But even then I’m not sold.
Mina the Hollower will probably duke it out with Blue Prince for the indie game of the year.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
The OpenCritic score is a very reliable predictor for winning the Game Awards, which is itself mostly an aggregate of review outlets. Donkey Kong is the next game from (probably) the Mario Odyssey team, and Odyssey has a 97 on OpenCritic, with Bananza looking to have a lot of the same design ethos. If I were a betting man, I’d be putting my money on Bananza winning GOTY. The previous Hollow Knight and Shovel Knight both hover around 90, so it’s possible but not the most likely thing in the world that Silksong or Mina exceed 90 by a wide margin, but they’ve got a better shot than most.
simple@piefed.social 20 hours ago
I'd argue their timing was very fortunate since GTA 6 got pushed to next year. That game would've dominated the popularity votes on all the GOTY shows.
duchess@feddit.org 19 hours ago
Is being GOTY of any significance? Does it matter?
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 19 hours ago
FromSoft reported sales of Elden Ring increased by over 200% following its GOTY win, if I remember right. It definitely has an impact. I can’t imagine it’s irrelevant in terms of attracting or keeping talent either, and it probably would help maintaining creative integrity and sticking to your vision in talks with investors.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
It’s interesting to note that the Game Awards started having a tangible effect on sales in the past handful of years. Games that used to come out in November now come out in October at the latest, because that’s the deadline for Game Awards nominations.