That's part of it, yes. If you advertise yourself as representing the gaming industry, ignoring and penalizing big chunks of it certainly weakens that claim.
I'm not sure what part of that is unclear.
First of all, Ace Combat 8 was revealed at the TGA, it's a simulator-lite, but still a simulator.
Of course, that's besides the point, unless you're telling me it's ok for The Game Awards to nominate only games that pay them to put trailers on.
That'd also be besides the point, mind you, because the nominations are decided by journalists and influencers in the jury, and if gaming journalists are ignorant about a non-insignificant chunk of the industry, th...
You say I'm "arguing against the mainstream" like the mainstream shouldn't be argued against.
I beg to differ. It's called "the Game Awards" and not "The Mainstream Awards." I may be old, but I'm not old enough to think that things should not be said just because the other side isn't listening.
Peace.
Do you know what the "tip of the iceberg" means?
The part about the current category is *exactly* one third of the article, while the part about the ongoing categories is exactly two thirds (and it's not "one award," it's two).
So no. It's not a "huge portion," and even if it was, that does not remove any validity from the argument that simulation and strategy games should not be bunched in the same category.
Best simulation game definitely needs its own category. Grouping it with strategy is a disservice to the developers of both genres.
No Man's Sky isn't a 2025 release. Final Fantasy XIV isn't a 2025 release, etcetera, etcetera.
Besides the silliness of crushing strategy and simulation games in the same award, since they have absolutely nothing to do with each other, the article is about the award categories that are not limited to this year, neither of which was won by a 2025 game.
Niche markets compared to what exactly? Euro Truck Simulator 2 has more active players than the overwhelming majority of the nominees. And I mean *all* the nominees, not only the categories that apply.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020/2024 has millions of players as well.
The "niche" is perception, but it has no foundation in reality.
Incidentally, no part of this article speaks of "better" or worse. The point is that The Game Awards should honor ...
PSVR next year. For now there is only a single flight stick supported by Thrustmaster, no yokes.
It won't be. The disc version still requires the internet to download stuff. The "full game" is like 3 petabytes now. It was 2.5 at release.
The author did not use the wrong term; they simply put together lazy clickbait for SEO, as it's the trend today.
Even if you replace value with affordability, the result is the same. Consoles have always been the affordable option. If you wanted an "affordable" gaming PC, you'd usually end up with something with performance not too superior to a console of the same generation.
That's because you need overkill to truly overtake consol...
This is some of the most wretched clickbait I've seen in forever.
It brings up the price of 64 GB of RAM to compare with PS5 Pro for effect, but no gaming PC needs 64 GB.
Also, cites "experts" but then actually mentions only one youtuber.
But more importantly, and I say this as a PC gamer, consoles have *always* been better value than gaming PCs. "Value" has never been what gaming PCs are all about.
If y...
Platforms were never officially announced.
They don't. This series does because it's its thing.
Ah, yeah, that pedantic distinction that only console warriors care about.
It's irrelevant. Sony uses the term "sold" and it's the correct term to use.
Once consoles are shipped. For Sony, they're sold. They are out of their hands, and they're getting the money. Reselling them is someone else's problem, so go be pedantic somewhere else.
I am fully against generative AI, but someone who uses AI voices as their entire reason to negatively review an otherwise great game, shitting on the work of 300 human developers due to dogmatism, has no business reviewing games, or anything else. 🤔
Eurogamer has become irredeemable trash since the acquisition by IGN.
I'm afraid you don't really understand what "inaccuracy" means.
Omission is a form of inaccuracy, and the fact that you (likely intentionally) ignored parts of the article that don't support your false narrative makes your comments factually inaccurate.
Repeating like a mantra, "but you wrote it!" doesn't make you any less wrong.
Ooops... I just noticed that I engaged with some console warrior's f...
What you wrote is a console warrior's distortion, pretending that these financial results are in any shape or form negative. They are not. Not even in the same galaxy.
What fanboys of any console say is also irrelevant in reviewing the health of a company.
The PlayStation business is wildly profitable, regardless of whether the PS5 hardware is sold at a profit or a loss. You gotta spend money to make money, and Sony makes a *LOT* of money.
Yes. Consoles are usually sold at a loss, especially with tariffs in place. That's normal.
And you forgot to read what comes after 13% year-on-year, which is one-time losses that offset profits. That's no big deal, and they're nearly irrelevant in reviewing the health of a business.
Both the sales and profit numbers are pretty damn stellar.
I'm honestly sure how that's hard to understand.
By mashing together two major genres, their developers have half the chances of being nominated.
Which is ridiculous if one thinks that fighting games, which only have a handful of releases a year, have their own award, so basically *everyone* gets a nomination, including compilations of old rereleased games lol.