Apparently there was a clear determination of winner and the group here, heartily endorses it as fair and correct. Which may explain why the gaming press is making itself more and more irrelevant , and the hardcore gaming demographic finds itself looking on in fearful disbelief at a game market that it can neither explain or approve.
I personally disagree with several of the awards, but that’s opinion. But if these awards are supposed to have been in any way fair and representative; then how is it that Mario Kart Wii didn’t even rate a nomination in racing games (and it said GAME not simulation), when it had a Metacritic score better than one and equal to another of the nominees and sold over 3 times more copies than all four of the nominated games including both platforms COMBINED.
|
Game |
Release |
Metacritic |
Total Sales |
|
Mario Kart Wii |
4/08 |
82 |
11.2M |
|
Pure |
2/08 |
82 (81/83) |
0.5M |
|
Burnout Paradise |
9/08 |
87.5 (87/88) |
1.6M |
|
Grid |
6/08 |
87 |
1.0M |
|
Motor Storm |
10/08 |
81 |
0.36 |
