Early Predictions: What will GOTY be?

[fleischr]

Seece said:

fleischr said:
Sunset Overdrive will be decently well-reviewed, but reeks of a commercial flop.

It's similar in ways to the Wonderful 101 in more ways than one.

A ground breaking, creative studio. Platinum games, check. Insomniac, check.
With commercial difficulty. Platinum games, check. Insomniac, check.
White-knighted on a single platform. WiiU, check. XOne, check.
Vibrant artstyle, tongue-in-cheek humor. TW101, check. Sunset Overdrive, check.
In a genre reviewers/gamers increasingly don't appreciate much (action/platformer). TW101, check. Sunset Overdrive, check.

No way, SO actually has massive hype behind it? Have you not seen the reactions today?

Lost count of how much positive feedback I've seen. MS are advertising it as well, that negates everything you said.

Ehh... there's always pockets of "massive" hype for most any system exclusive made by a company worth writing home about.

Regardless of whether or not MS actually advertises the game doesn't negate the two game's similarities. If anything, MS's backing only ensures the game doesn't flop as bad as TW101 did. Still -- I see the game struggling to pass 1 million units and getting lost in the shuffle of several very big releases.