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selnor on 04 December 2011
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Michael-5 said:
selnor said:
Things like this are FARCES.

The pure fact that 2 not yet released games are there should tell you these things are nominated months ago. FACT.

And Id say most of US will hav something to say about UC3 being there instead of Gears 3. Just look at the US sales. Obviously US customers disagree with he US awards on the whole.

Still IMO GOTY should be based on sales. At the end of the day the most popular games have obviously got more people thinking they are the best. Forget what some sad lonely reviewer thinks as he spits his dummy out becuase he cant work out why x game hsnt sold more.

Hint - Its probably not viewed as brilliant by everyone.

Now reviewers opinions are NOT fact.

Move along.

So Call of Duty should win every year?

I disagree with this logic fully. RPG's often have the most content, and as games offer the most quality and gameplay for the price, but sales are always super low. Mass Effect 2 was 2010's GOTY on most websites, but sales for that game are only 2.5 million compared to Call of Duty's 10+ per console. XenoBlade, dispite being a game of similar calibur as Zelda, will only sell 1/30th as well..Zelda is not 30x better, nor does it deserve to be a GOTY 30x more.

Still you are right, many of these nominees were nominees before the reviewers even got to play them. Maybe they got to play them early, after all Mario Kart 7 isn't a nominee for best handheld game. Who knows, but sales =/= quality. You should know, Forza 4 is an amazing game, but lifetime sales for that game will likely never surpass 5 million without bundles.

Think about what you just said. I agree with you toally about COD. I think loads of games are better. 

But think about what you said. 

Its your opinion and mine that COD sucks. But I know tonnes of people who think its the best game ever. After all people dont que up for 4 days to get a game they dont and cant live without. Just because we think x game that sells 4 million on release sucks compared to others, it means we are in the minority. Of course advertising plays a part. But again I say advertising does not have people queing on a midnight launch in the millions.

Sales are a fair unbiased way to give GOTY in an awards ceromony IMO. Its what the majority obviously value more than any other game. 

Its fine for a website to post what their personal opinion is on what they view as game of the year, its their website and their opinion. But an official awards ceromony shouuld be about what games the public combined value as GOTY. And sales tell the story whether we like it or not.