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

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Sephiran said:

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.

IMO it’s not necessarily that I perceive TGA as being “anti-Nintendo” as much as it is that TGA is overly fixated on western AAA gaming appeals. There is no reason in a year as diverse as 2025 that the big two western AAA releases (GoY, DS2) should accumulate *16 nominations*, leaving all other publishers with nothing but crumbs.

I’m sure if you broke down the statistics for “Percentage of games developed in US/EU v. JP,” you’d find the bias very quickly. No Sonic 3 for best adaptation, nor Trails in the Sky for RPG, no Dispatch for Narrative, DKBananza only receiving Best Family and (miraculously) Best Overall, MKWorld nor Sonic Racing CW not qualifying for Best Multiplayer, etc. Yet all of these western developed/focused titles dominate the awards.