[POLL] Game of the Year 2025 (TGA) - And The Winner Is…?

[Sephiran]

How did Bananza get nominated for GOTY when it couldn't even get nominated as one of the best games in its own genre category? Has that ever happened before?

Seems like a token nomination so that they don't get accused of being anti-Nintendo, while still giving 86 Metacritic Sony games 8 nominations.

Nintendo is probably happy to get nominated for the best family category at least, helps their PR to sell games to families, but they are 100 % irrelevant to the game awards compared to Sony and will remain so.