| Mar1217 said: Ok. I'll put some simple insight to my comment. PUBG shouldn't be a valid entry for this year's award since it's still not officially released. But despite that and the fact that this game is subjectively more flawed than many official released game on the market at this moment, it still got nominated due to the sheer fact of it's popularity.
Of course, you need some kind of popularity to have a chance to be nominated, but when your nomination comes probably due to this sole factor, then no, I'll protest this decision. |
It doesn't matter if it's "officially released" or not. It's still a unique experience that people enjoyed specifically first in this year. Early Access is now just an excuse for smaller developers to take their time in developing their game while it earns profit. Whether or not you think that's scummy, it's still an experience that is out there, and it's not like it's a singleplayer game with the "true ending" missing or something. If you believe in subjectively, than i'm not even sure why you included that part of your comment .... since someone could just as easily say it's subjectively not.
And your last point is just dressing dancing around the salad. Popularity dictates what games people buy, what games people like, what games people even know fucking exist. Last year when Overwatch won people weren't going to the voting box and saying "Hm....I'll vote for this because it's the most popular!" It was the most voted because it possibly reached the most people and those people loved it. If they didn't love it those individuals would have just voted for something else. People didn't just pick it just to pick it. Your argument is bad because you act like people vote based on how popular the game is, but it's more like the games popularity allows them to vote for it in the first place. It's no different from any other game, it's smoke and mirrors. Zelda will probably get more votes than most games because it was the game more people experienced than say Hob, that doesn't mean Hob shouldn't be a nominee. If your argument is that PUBG shouldn't be an option in the first place, then all your doing is limiting what people vote for.
