The Game Awards Thread (2023)

[Hiku]

axumblade said:

Dulfite said:

The issue with it just being awards, or even mostly, is that isn't what people want anymore. Maybe back in the day, but viewer numbers for award shows have dropped in parallel to an increased politicizing of the platform by winners or other speakers. The less these people have time to speak, the less political they can get, and the less viewers will get offended.

There are others where the politics don't impact them, but they just don't want to watch it. Having dozens of world premiers is probably why 90% of the people watch this. It's just good business sense, even if award show purists don't like it.

I’ve seen a lot of people commenting about the award show not having enough focus. There has got to be a better balance than what they put on for this year’s presentation. The fact that they were spit balling constant awards, instead of actually presenting them to the people that get them takes away from those developers. If anything, they should do what some other awards shows and if a game won another category, announce that while the winner is walking up to the stage so it gives time to put another award in the show

Yeah, there was one speech in the middle of thanking their art director or something like that, "who passed away last month", while the Game Awards had the "Wrap it Up" sign going.

They could have not had the puppet show or something else to give each winner some more time.

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This:

If I won game of the year and was dedicating the award to a member of my team who had died during development and saw the words “Please wrap it up” I’d be fucking pissed #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/be0hLfmfT2

— Javiera Cordero 🇵🇸 (@javierabegazo) December 8, 2023

Last edited by Hiku - on 09 December 2023