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The Steam Awards [yes, BG3 is GOTY, we got it] (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

So, these "awards" are just bought out, right? I just don't understand how anyone is expected to believe that people actually voted for these results. I can only assume money exchanged hands at some bot farms to put these AAA titles on the front page.

Even if you want to make some weird claims about "popularity contests", RDR2 taking the labour of love award over 4 live-service games that actually receive updates? If the vote is just mass visibility, I'd still expect Apex or the like to take it. And that's ignoring the reality that it makes no sense for RDR2 to have even made the ballot in the first place. You expect me to believe that that's one of the top 5 labour of love titles by open nomination? I mean, c'mon.

Likewise, Starfield taking any award while it sits at 64% positive reviews overall, and 28% positive recent? You expect me to believe that the same consumer base that gave it those horrible reviews still voted for it as "most innovative" of all things? The idea that anyone expects us to believe these are the results of genuine human votes in the era of fake account traffic, purchased viewership and AstroTurfing is just insulting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If it was bought out, Lethal company wouldn't have an award.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Also Hogwarts Legacy for best on the Steam Deck while barely running on it.