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Nem on 13 October 2015

I dislike when companies claim GOTY before the year is over. BB can't possibly have won any Goty's yet, therefore, its false advertising and probably illegal.
Wether they get away with it or not is a different issue, sadly.

 

But, as far as i know... the only one that tried to claim Goty ahead of time and then reversed the decision was Injustice. I really don't think we should just accept this practice when its not accurate. False advertising is a crime afterall. Anyone can sue the company and probably win.

And its funny cause Sony has been caught on that before(with the vita). They still seem to be willing to take risks it seems.

With that said, perhaps by the 25th of November they will already have a Goty (or made sure to get one lol). Otherwise they can be sued for it.



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Wright on 13 October 2015
Nem said:

I dislike when companies claim GOTY before the year is over. BB can't possibly have won any Goty's yet, therefore, its false advertising and probably illegal.


As I said, this is a mere re-branding of the same product in order to sell it with the DLC incorporated, especially for those who want the DLC on-disk. It doesn't have to had won any award or anything, it can be "Game of the year in the eyes of those who have played it" or something like that, but something so big isn't that cool so they shorten it to GOTY. I mean, nothing is preventing them from saying "93 metacritic edition", "let us drink blood together edition", "wow this is so cool edition" or anything like that, and it's not illegal in any case. They just went with the usual "Game of the year" thing, which happens every year with tons of games, doesn't matter if they win anything or not.



Cloudman on 13 October 2015
Nem said:

I dislike when companies claim GOTY before the year is over. BB can't possibly have won any Goty's yet, therefore, its false advertising and probably illegal.
Wether they get away with it or not is a different issue, sadly.

 

But, as far as i know... the only one that tried to claim Goty ahead of time and then reversed the decision was Injustice. I really don't think we should just accept this practice when its not accurate. False advertising is a crime afterall. Anyone can sue the company and probably win.

And its funny cause Sony has been caught on that before(with the vita). They still seem to be willing to take risks it seems.

With that said, perhaps by the 25th of November they will already have a Goty (or made sure to get one lol). Otherwise they can be sued for it.

Maybe they're confident they're going to win it already? Haha...



 

              

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GribbleGrunger on 13 October 2015

... So, anyway, I'm really looking forward to this.



 

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Signalstar on 13 October 2015
Wright said:
Nem said:

I dislike when companies claim GOTY before the year is over. BB can't possibly have won any Goty's yet, therefore, its false advertising and probably illegal.


As I said, this is a mere re-branding of the same product in order to sell it with the DLC incorporated, especially for those who want the DLC on-disk. It doesn't have to had won any award or anything, it can be "Game of the year in the eyes of those who have played it" or something like that, but something so big isn't that cool so they shorten it to GOTY. I mean, nothing is preventing them from saying "93 metacritic edition", "let us drink blood together edition", "wow this is so cool edition" or anything like that, and it's not illegal in any case. They just went with the usual "Game of the year" thing, which happens every year with tons of games, doesn't matter if they win anything or not.

We are welll aware of all the points you have made but can you point to another instance of a GOTY edition being released in the same calendar year as the original release and before it has won any actual GOTY awards? That is the issue here. As far as I am aware most of these edition release the year after and more often than not the game has won at least some GOTY recognition.



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Nem on 13 October 2015
Wright said:
Nem said:

I dislike when companies claim GOTY before the year is over. BB can't possibly have won any Goty's yet, therefore, its false advertising and probably illegal.


As I said, this is a mere re-branding of the same product in order to sell it with the DLC incorporated, especially for those who want the DLC on-disk. It doesn't have to had won any award or anything, it can be "Game of the year in the eyes of those who have played it" or something like that, but something so big isn't that cool so they shorten it to GOTY. I mean, nothing is preventing them from saying "93 metacritic edition", "let us drink blood together edition", "wow this is so cool edition" or anything like that, and it's not illegal in any case. They just went with the usual "Game of the year" thing, which happens every year with tons of games, doesn't matter if they win anything or not.


I noticed. I don't think you should accept it just because you know what it contains. A lie is a lie, and companies can't lie to the consumer blatantly to get sales. Thing like "its my goty" is not justification because they have to specify that. Like "Sony's game of the year edition" would be fine i'm sure, but thats not what they are saying. If they call it GOTY edition they must have a source for that. Otherwise whats stopping Activision from making a "Tony hawk 5 GOTY edition"? WB went with ultimate edition in the end for Injustice and i would rather they did that and kept their honesty.

I still think they are cashing in on something that may or may not happen by release time. Its a risky decision (unless they have some deal struck) especially because Fallout 4 is likely to sweep alot of Goty awards.



rolltide101x on 13 October 2015
Signalstar said:
I think Game of the Year editions are a tad pretentious. This one is the worst offender as it is releasing the same calendar year as the original AND before the year in question is even over.

How presumptive to declare your game GOTY before any game of the year articles have been written.

Cool cover though.

It will win quite a few GOTYs no question about that. I do not see the issue



Ultrashroomz on 13 October 2015

It hasn't even been a year yet, but ok.



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ice on 13 October 2015
Wright said:

Guys, GOTY versions of games have been existing...I dunno, but for a long time now. It doesn't mean the game has won any awards. It doesn't mean some comittee especifically designed this game to be the GOTY version. It is just one way to label the game and re-sell it, generally with the DLC included or some bonus thingy.

 

Some other games prefer to be edgy and name themselves differently, like Dark Souls 2 being Scholar of the First Sin, instead of the usual GOTY version.

While this is true I can't think of a GOTY edition game that didn't win GOTY when the GOTY edition dropped.

ehh say that 20 times in a row



Wagram on 13 October 2015
Signalstar said:
I think Game of the Year editions are a tad pretentious. This one is the worst offender as it is releasing the same calendar year as the original AND before the year in question is even over.

How presumptive to declare your game GOTY before any game of the year articles have been written.

Cool cover though.

Not exactly like this is new.

MGSV is GOTY guranteed remember: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/its-the-game-of-the-year-guaranteed-konami-says-ab/1100-6430162/

Plus it's going to win some GOTY awards anyways. GameTrailers is basically a shoe in for that nomination.