I love how many people are acting like Elden Ring isn't popular enough to win. Makes me laugh.
It sold remarkably well, got amazingly high review scores across all three brands (PC, PS, XB), the team/company has a history of winning GOTY in the past (Sekiro and I believe Demon's Souls both won their respective years), it has remarkably high engagement even 6 months later, and people are still playing it.
IT fills all the requirements. While I'd be happy to see something like God of War Ragnarok win this year, since the last one was a near-perfect game, I do think that from all objective measures Elden Ring currently has the best chances of winning. It's a monumental success in every category. Yeah, some people hate it (the ones that declare it a failure or otherwise hate the popular thing are hilarious), but that doesn't change the facts.
Sure, there are other options and everyone's taste is subjective but, like, there is no metric wherein this game is a failure.
My Console Library:
PS5, Switch, XSX
PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, WiiU, Wii, GCN, N64 SNES, XBO, 360
3DS, DS, GBA, Vita, PSP, Android
