The Game Awards feature 50 games and I think alot of gamers prefer taste will ignore most of these?

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Hynad said:

I don’t get the hate for the award show. It may not give the awards to the games you prefer (like, seriously, get over it) but it is still a celebration of the industry we like and the many different creators and contributors that make it all possible.

It’s just a big party for us all and the creators, and what Keighley has done to help push gaming to the forefront of the entertainment industry and be taken more seriously is commendable.

Because the celebration itself is sullied by the brazen commercialism coursing through its veins.  It's tough to strip away that sensation with these factors in play:

1. More mindshare spent towards the "50+ games" said to either be announced or showing off new trailers, compared to the diminished time spent on '22 nominees and their qualities.
2. Not allowing the year to finish before awarding your "Game of the Year" in service to signaling holiday shoppers.
3. Aggressively cutting to marketing at any opportunity.

It's tough to disregard that unless fundamental changes are made.  And this coming from a guy who thought it was really cool when It Takes Two netted the gold.