Already GOTY? WTH? : V - Skyrim

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:56 pm

Gamereactor is already very keen on Skyrim. They placed it #1 on their list of the "hottest" games of 2011. Skyrim will get GOTY, and plenty of them.

It's IGN's most anticipated too.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:57 pm

LOL you are right about that.

maybe he was taking too much skooma when he wrote that article

I think he was. Or maybe it was the sugar?

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:24 pm

Can you elaborate on why you say it is based on sales?

It's a profit-driven industry. The bottom line is the dollar sign.

Which "GOTY" are you referring to?

All consider how well a game has been sold, and the hype funds publishers poured on. First day sales matter the most.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:50 am

First day sales matter the most.

Not for GotY.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:10 pm

It's a profit-driven industry. The bottom line is the dollar sign.

All consider how well a game has been sold, and the hype funds publishers poured on. First day sales matter the most.

They actually don't all look at the games sales. Do you know how many GOTY's are given out every year now? They're all based on whatever that particular magazine/site decides to base it on. There's no one magic factor, like money, that is an auto-GOTY from every site. Morrowind's sales were good, but not remarkably high compared to other games the year it came out. It won because it was a better game than many others, even one's that sold better.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:18 am

And...? As if "GOTY" means anything anyway, with 300+ of them handed out like candy every year by every web site and their brother's web site. :shrug:

"Big News?, our game was voted Game of the Year by DentalHygieneDigest.com!" :rolleyes:

This.

Skyrim will win multiple GotY awards, so will TW2, so will MW3, so will Batman Arkham City, so will the new Uncharted and Portal and etc.....

These award titles have become fairly meaningless. /shrug

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:05 am

we don't know if the game is any good. Spore looked great, but it turned out to svck. Could be the same for Skyrim. "Don't knock it 'til you try it" goes both ways. A GotY award is way premature.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:08 am

I think Skyrim is going to be the best game of the year so I think it's okay but maybe there doing it alittle bit to early.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:39 am

The Elder Scrolls is going to have tough competition but with their current winning streak, AAA quality games, great visuals etc they have a good chance but that's only a prediction I have only seen what a couple of games are bringing to the table

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:52 pm

i know people will vehemitly disagree with me on these forums but I thin minecraft is going to be taking home the Goty award.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:41 pm

Dark Souls is going to be game of the year :wub:

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:39 pm

Dark Souls is going to be game of the year :wub:

Making it multiplat concerns me.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:01 pm

Making it multiplat concerns me.

You mean they finally decided to make a PC port? :celebration:

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:20 pm

You mean they finally decided to make a PC port? :celebration:

I think just a 360 port, unfortunately.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:30 am

i know people will vehemitly disagree with me on these forums but I thin minecraft is going to be taking home the Goty award.

It might take home a dozen...which will still leave a few hundred for Skyrim and everything else released in 2011 to divide up amongst themselves. :shrug:

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:04 pm

It might take home a dozen...which will still leave a few hundred for Skyrim and everything else released in 2011 to divide up amongst themselves. :shrug:

I thought Minecraft was released in December 2010

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:37 am

I thought Minecraft was released in December 2010

11/11/11

And I think it will snatch some awards in its own genre, which would not conflict with Skyrim.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:22 am

Seeing the inevitable popularity that Skyrim will have with the general gaming market, I'm honestly not surprised.

Besides, with games along the leagues of Black Ops being nominated and basically winning GotY every year, it only diminishes the value of that title even more. I think the last game that came out that even truly deserved GotY was Morrowind. The majority of GotYs ever since have mostly been popularity contests.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:13 pm

I think the last game that came out that even truly deserved GotY was Morrowind.

I was right there with you up until this point.

Forgetting something?.............like.....

bliviongate:

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:23 am

I've been saying that Skyrim would win the most GOTY's with Mass Effect 3 being a close second. With it being delayed to 2012, I think Skyrim will dominate.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:07 pm

LOL I love how he says final fantasy is amazing. Square is losing a CRAP load of Yen right now.. Maybe they should start producing good games again.. IJS.

Sorry that was off topic but... srsly.

This x10000.

I'am going to laugh when they go bankrupt from bad decision made over a long period of time. They used to be big news back in the PS2 era but their days are numbered.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:58 am

I got a good laugh reading the comments on that site. Makes me appreciate the work of the moderators on the beth forums.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:09 am

Well, we already know that it's gonna get the GOTY. So what's the problem?

It might not, some pretty big titles are coming out through out the year, LA Noire, Battlefield 3, also Arkam City is slated for October and I think Marvel Vs Capcom II came out two months ago, and lets not forget that Bethesda has two other titles coming out, Brink, and Rage.

And thats of course if reviewers don't decide to cheat and give it to Mass Effect 2 again, since that came out for the PS3 in January. :wink_smile:

Of course, I'm pretty sure the game will be a contender, and it will likely be the biggest game coming holiday season, now that Mass Effect 3 has been delayed.

Christmas in Elder Scrolls land, I'm looking forward to it.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:56 am

to be expected when dealing with a big dev like Bethesda, and the long interval between sequels.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:50 pm

Well, I'd call it game of the decade only i know there will probably be another one in the next 8 years.

Agreed. Summerset might be released before 2020.

This would be silly and presumptuous if this wasn't TES...but it is.