How big will Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win GotY?

[Manlytears]

Kyuu said:

Manlytears said:

With PS4 as the bar, all systems from the last 2 decades fall short in terms of awards.

The focus on GAAS greatly hampered Playstation's production; luckily, things tend to improve.

Wolverine, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Cory Barlog Next Game, etc. Playstation "Big Guns" are coming.

I speculate high chances for Playstation. they are likely to achieve the seventh, and perhaps even eighth, win in the next 3 years.

Considering only the winners of the last 13 years, I think FromSoftware and CD Projekt also have a great chances of delivering a GOTY in the next 3 years. Other don't look promising, at least not ATM.

The main reason Sony (and Nintendo) are struggling to win is that 3rd party studios stepped up their game and the industry at large is growing much faster than 1st party studios. The correlation between quality games and exclusives/1st party is weakening.

Exclusives used to dominate my favorite game lists. Not anymore.

I agree, and I'll go further: This force is led by small studios, such as Hazelight Studios, Larian, Sandfall Interactive, and others!

Smaller studios are surprising and captivating audiences with incredible experiences.

I'll go even further. I point to FromSoftware and i say that they have performed miracles in the last 15 years! From a small studio to the creator of the Souls genre, Sekiro and Elden Ring.

The competition and level of quality are increasing.