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Lawlight said:

Alkibiádēs said:

What a load of nonsense. Indie games do win awards by the way, you can google it if you don't believe me. Minecraft (before it was bought by Microsoft), PUBG, Rocket League and Subnautica are all indie games.

These are some of the biggest and most influential games in the industry.

And yes, many indie games outsold Bloodborne and then some: Undertale, Stardew Valley, Rocket League, Minecraft, Subnautica, Super Meat Boy, Bastion, Limbo, Inside, Don't Starve & Don't Starve Together, The Binding of Isaac, etc.

Steam has a visibility problem because of all the crap they let through, but that says nothing about the quality of good indie games.

Fact of the matter is that those big AAA franchises are all becoming stagnant and they lack innovation, for the most part.

Rocket League won 7 awards. Undertale won 8. GOTYpicks doesn't show Minecraft winning anything. Super Meat Boy 0 as well. PUGB isn't indie. Subnautica seems that it was out at the beginning of this year so not sure how it won any award already.

So, essentially only 2 of the biggest indie games ever won GOTY awards and even then Bloodborne won twice as many as both combined.

That's ok if the big AAA franchises are becoming stagnant - others like Horizon or Bloodborne are still coming. We're still getting games like Dreams and Ni No Kuni and Detroit.

I already explained to you why GOTY awards are meaningless (those gaming outlets are paid by the big publishers to promote their games). 

A lot of indie games are critically acclaimed and sold very well, that's what truly matters. Some of the worst games out there have GOTY editions. GOTY has always been a joke.

Horizon is just your typical Ubisoft Open World game, it does nothing to push forward the genre. Take away the visuals and you're left with a mediocre game.

And LOL at Detroit, the company behind that game has some of the worst writing in the industry... And that's quite bad considering these games have very limited gameplay to begin with. Perfect example of how over-rated cinematic games with fancy visuals are. Go watch a good movie or show instead.