Mario Galaxy 2 is out Dec 31st. Can it qualify for Game of the Year 2011?

[Mr Khan]

Majin-Tenshinhan said:

perpride said:

Majin-Tenshinhan said:
Mario Galaxy 2 won't release on December 31st.

And if it by some miracle did, they wouldn't announce that date now.

And even if they did, and it did manage to get nominated for GOTY 2011...there's no way it would win that long after it came out.

Oh, I wouldn't say that. I don't think games have to be fresh in your memory for them to count for GOTY material. I'm sure Mass Effect 2 will get tons of recognition 10 months from now, for example, when the time comes for GOTY 2010.

I don't think it will get as much as it could have. It'll get recognition, but the gaming media has very short-term memories, so it'll be harder for Mass Effect 2 to retain the critical mass of hype needed to swing GOTY awards, especially compared to whatever heavy-hitters the industry has in store for the latter half of the year. Not that those games will necessarily be better, but they will be better appraised in the final tally, comparatively.