Who Chooses The GOTY?

[aaronx83]

I Have Seen PETA Recently Chose Fable II As The Game Of The Year Because It Loves Dogs???
What The Hell, So If I Create My Corp I Can Choose A Game Of The Year And Ta-Da They Release It?
Is There A Corp Who Chooses It Or Not

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Game of the Year is chosen by the people handing it out, or the public vote. PETA gave GOTY to Fable II because of that yes because of dogs, but because PETA wants the protection of animals.

Calumon: Tag is the Game of the Year EVERY YEAR! ^^

 

[MurderousToaster]

Please Stop Capitalising Every Word It Makes Your Post A Pain To Look At.


Individual companies choose their game of the year, not everyone's. There's IGN's, The Escapist's, all the gaming magazines, E3's etc.

There is no individual GoTY, different companies pick their own Game of the Year.

 

[Jandau]

I Have Seen PETA Recently Chose Fable II As The Game Of The Year Because It Loves Dogs???
What The Hell, So If I Create My Corp I Can Choose A Game Of The Year And Ta-Da They Release It?
Is There A Corp Who Chooses It Or Not

You do understand that there's more than one Game of the Year award being handed out every year? Each site has their own picks...

 

[hazabaza1]

Wait, so PETA chose the game where you get an achievement for shooting a rabbit, even though it does nothing to you?
[sub][sub]*Giggle giggle*[/sub][/sub]

OT: well some of them are bleedin' idiots if they choose Deus Ex to be a game of the year.

Spoiler

I've come prepared!

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

Wait, so PETA chose the game where you get an achievement for shooting a rabbit, even though it does nothing to you?
[sub][sub]*Giggle giggle*[/sub][/sub]

Also, the achievement for kicking chickens

But I know wher OP is coming from, Oblivion, Fable II, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, Call of Duty 4 and now Batman all have GOTY versions, it gets a tad confusing

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I guess that if you can issue press releases that some poor sap reads or have a web site that someone other than you reads then you can choose a game of the year. There is no international regulatory body that governs game of the year declarations. They have their priorities wrong and their heads up their asses worrying about things like the economy and law instead.

 

[Vianyte]

I Have Seen PETA Recently Chose Fable II As The Game Of The Year Because It Loves Dogs???

Hold on a minute, aren't PETA against pets?

 

[SniperWolf427]

I choose it.

[sub]Also, please don't capitalize every word in every fucking sentence. It's annoying.[/sub]

 

[Gilhelmi]

It is a marketing tactic. I know paramount(?) got in trouble a few years back for false advertising when (in the trailers) they put "Best movie of the year" and such and credited the source as Mark (something) who turned out to be an assistant in marketing. Although, morale of the story is, they lost a multi-million dollar class-action lawsuit over it.

 

[aaronx83]

Hold on a minute, aren't PETA against pets?

Google PETA Maybe Youre A Little Wrong

 

[Sebenko]

Please Stop Capitalising Every Word It Makes Your Post A Pain To Look At.

Agreed. I couldn't read past the first line.

 

[DustyDrB]

Publication editor-in-chiefs? Also, whats up with the overcapitalization? That's not even lazy, just annoying.

 

[Kollega]

Everyone chooses GOTY for himself, as everyone has his individual opinion on what constitutes a perfect game for him.
Now read that in an "old and wise buddhist monk" kind of voice.

Also, Who The Fudge Capitalizes Every Sentence He Types? Dude, This Is Not Tv Tropes Wiki!

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Different publications hand out GoTY to different titles. I remember seeing GTA IV getting GoTY back in 2008 from GameTrailers, and Metal Gear Solid 4 getting GoTY from GameSpot.

If anything, I think we should just let the reader base pick the game of the year by voting in a poll or something.

 

[Jandau]

Wait, so PETA chose the game where you get an achievement for shooting a rabbit, even though it does nothing to you?
[sub][sub]*Giggle giggle*[/sub][/sub]

Also, the achievement for kicking chickens

But I know wher OP is coming from, Oblivion, Fable II, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, Call of Duty 4 and now Batman all have GOTY versions, it gets a tad confusing

The "GOTY version" is basically the same as the "Gold" editions and such, but with the added bonus of allowing the publisher to point out that someone somewhere thought their game was the best thing that year.

 

[DustyDrB]

Wikipedia to the rescue!! [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_year]

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

Game of the Year is chosen by the people handing it out, or the public vote. PETA gave GOTY to Fable II because of that yes because of dogs, but because PETA wants the protection of animals.

Calumon: Tag is the Game of the Year EVERY YEAR! ^^

Calumon...you are brilliant. But what about Hide and Seek? Thats gotta be a close second.

And seriously, everyone has their own game of the year. They have their criterion. PETA chooses it based on animal friendliness. But I for example choose it for the mix of fun and story. It really is up to every person.

But seriously...Hide and Seek or Tag. They win.

 

[Delusibeta]

Let's take Valve for an example. On their website, they list all the publications that gave them a Game Of The Year award.

Spoiler: A List of Publications that Gave Half Life 2 a Game of the Year Award

* Game Reactor Magazine (Sweden)
* Guardian UK Reader's Choice Awards
* SpikeTV's Video Game Awards
* Gamebiz.com.au
* Filefront.com
* Eurogamer
* Shacknews.com Reader's Choice Awards
* Gamespy.com
* Edge Magazine
* Voodoo Extreme.com
* IGN.com
* Mediacritic.com
* Playboy.com
* "Here" Magazine (Canada)
* Play Magazine (USA)
* JIVE Magazine
* OCModShop.com
* VG.no
* Driverheaven.net
* Gamearena.com.au
* FZ.se
* Associated Press
* Sydney Morning Herald
* PC Guru
* PC Zone UK (Editor and Reader's Choice)
* PopSoft (China)
* PC Gamer (US)
* Academy of Arts and Interactive Sciences
* Xbitlabs.com
* CPU Magazine
* BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
* Animation Magazine
* PC Games (Australia)
* Game Developer's Choice
* MeriStation.com (Spain)
* ComputerSweden
* PC Games Reader's Choice Awards (Germany)
* PC World magazine
* Future Media's 2005 Golden Joystick

Quite a lot, as you will see.