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Are the VGX awards slanted to microsoft.

Yes. 46 25.27%
 
Yes, and intentionally 83 45.60%
 
Yes, but just by coincidence 16 8.79%
 
No 37 20.33%
 
Total:182

So i was looking at the VGX website (better know as VGA) and I was looking at who's on their voting panel. It turns out they have 3 guys from Polygon on the advisory panel, and even 1 from the Official Xbox Magazine. Only 2 other cites even have 2 representatives, no other cite besides polygon has 3. Even the biggest gaming cite, IGN, only has 1 representative. Not only that. Theres a rep from Xbox Magazine. no other console has a dedicated cite being present. Not PlayStation Magazine, nor Nintendo.

It just seems odd to me that they would only have a rep from xbox, and not for the other consoles, and on top of that have the most reps (3) coming from polygon, while every other cite besides Kataku, and penny arcade? (with 2 reps each) has only one representative.

Also i hate how they nominate games before some of them even come out, and then also leave out games that havent come out yet (namely GT6 this year, Far Cry last year). And really, Call of Duty and Battlefield are nominated for best shooter, but Killzone isnt? really.

So is this just a coincidence, an gross oversight, or perhaps intentional? Does this make VGX bias?

 

http://www.spike.com/vgx/advisory-council



 

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Your first mistake was taking the VGAs seriously. Watch for the trailers, and nothing more.



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

Polygon is biased, but I dunno... The voting is anonymous, so I don't think it matters. They are still supposed to be "unbiased" but I have a REAL issue with someone from the XBOX community being on the panel. No developer, nor console manufacturer should ever have a vote.



TLOU will still win game of the year I think, I don't think VGA's have ever favoured Xbox have they?



 

Paranoia...



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Seece said:
TLOU will still win game of the year I think, I don't think VGA's have ever favoured Xbox have they?

i have no idea. 

Im not saying this is some big conspiracy or something, i just thought the panel seemed odd.

I wonder who previous year's panels consisted of



 

Fusioncode said:
Your first mistake was taking the VGAs seriously. Watch for the trailers, and nothing more.

Totally agree, end of the year awards are nice if Naughty Dog win, if they don't... I still know what the best game of the year was for me



Biased? Yes, but I don't think Microsoft has anything to do with it.

It's popularity based rather than what actually deserves to win.



Polygon is there..? wtf. Yo this is upsetting in so many levels. wtf..



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ClassicGamingWizzz said:
you can bet your azz the last of us will get less 3 votes

you mean 4. lol