Khuutra said:
Scoobes said:
If we look outside the gaming world, no award ceremonies base their awards on sales. They may have a single public opinion award but the major events like the Oscars are based on people within the industry who have informed opinions about their field. For there to be a proper awards system for the games industry both nominations and awards need to be decided by the game developers rather than the public/sales.
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The Game Developer Choice awards (at every GDC, every year) are pretty much the video game equivalent of the Oscars, and they're also the only awards I pay any real attention to. They don't matter, per se, but they're interesting in what they indicate about the tendencies of designers.
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They should really get more coverage as most of the others are a bit of a sham being nothing more than popularity contests.
