Look on the brighter side, Mario could get delayed to 2018, (just kidding). But either way let the better game win at the end of the day.

Who cares, dude. The GOTY is the game you like the most. Flush whatever the critics say.

I enjoyed The Last Guardian, but it won't win 2017 GotY from anyone.

It's not a matter of winning, it's just getting recognition for what the game achieved and I think Zelda will deserve more for what it's trying to do with BotW than Mario simply going back to 64/Sunshine, I'd be ok with the game simply beeing nominated, what I feel I wouldn't be ok with would be Mario beeing nominated while Zelda isn't

I wanted to be correct to Sony fans but it seems it didn't work :C 

Also what is coming out on X1 this year ? I lost like 20 minutes thinking of what GOTY contender they could have

While it's certainly not necessary, it always seems best to release sometime post-summer but not too late in the year. Zelda's biggest obstacle, aside from a few really awesome games releasing this year, may be how early it's releasing.

Oh! Thanks for reminding us again how Switch 1st year is lookin great!

I don't. I fully believe it'll be GOTY for 2017.

Does it really matter what some low skilled hipster game journalists that care too much about turning video games into art think when it comes to the best game of the year?

People die every day; worry about them instead and be free of this stressor.

Guys you know he has a valid point.

But in all seriousness, looking at a handful of small group's game of the year should not be a problem

Nothing can be remotely as bad as Crunchyroll's 2016 Anime awards and even that I don't care about