Do we really need another thread on this?

The Last Story should win

bah who cares about them

as for a RDR sequel I think that it is actually very likely to see a sequel analysts suggested that the game would have to ship over 4 million copies to brake even  so far VGCharz has the game at 3.8 million on the PS3 and 3.18 million on the X360 so it's almost sold through 7 million copies, add to that the game has been the major factor in pushing 2K's first profitable non GTA financial year in like forever and has reportedly shipped almost 8 million. Not only does a sequel look likely, I would say it's almost inevitable.

Call of Duty 5:  Modern Warfare 3:  Black Ops 2 is gonna win game of the year next year.  Mark my words.

Uh, the most respected publication in the industry (EDGE) just gave goty to Super Mario Galaxy 2?

If EDGE is the most respected publication in gaming, then Fox is the most respected news network in the world.

lol.  Sorry this comparison is pretty much pure bullshit and indicates more than anything you have no clue what you're talking about.

You bring up pandering PR mouthpieces like X-Play, IGN or Gamespot (y'know, the site the FIRES people when publishers think their games scored too lowly), and then you have the gall to discredit EDGE's reputation?  Srsly?

Edge has a reputation for being the worst scorer in the industry, for handing out perfect scores to thoroughly undeserving (and highly overhyped) games and chucking sevens on everything else.

I'm not saying IGN and GameSpot are the pinnacles of journalistic integrity, I'm saying that they have far more readers, and thus their awards are taken more seriously.

My point, other than trying to rank a series of increasingly useless game journalists, is that sequels to GoTYs releasing soon after their predecessors tend not to win from the publications who gave the original games GoTY. If that makes any sense.

EDGE actually has a reputation for journalistic integrity within the industry, since you brought that up.  While they are comparably harsh on scoring, that's because they take issue with the way games press tends to score, and as such insist on using the full scale (1up does the same btw).  They also give out fewer perfect (ie: 9.5 and up) scores than nearly anyone else.  They really are the standard that all other industry press aspires to, believe it or not.

Also, since when did more readers = more respect or more readers = taken more seriously?  Going back to your laughably off base comparison, Fox News is the most watched news station in the world.  Ergo, by your own standard they'd be the most respected and most taken seriously (english language) news outlet in the world?  See how stupid that sounds?

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