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

[perpride]

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.

Doubt it. Just look at the last several years of gaming and you'll see that most games that win GOTY come from the latter half of the year. If Galaxy were to release on New Years Eve, it would have to fend off other games for 12 months in order to take that title. As redicolous as that is it's true. Even a game like Final Fantasy XIII or God of War 3, releasing in March, will have much less of a crack at GOTY then games coming later on in the year.

I hate how it's like that but unfortunately that's how gaming media works right now.