Moving on from the drama so I’m going to ask this question, which upcoming games from Xbox do you guys think will get GOTY nominations( not just from Game Awards but others like D.I.C.E. Or BAFTA), or have good reception from everyone similar to Hifi Rush?
My guess would be Fable, Hellblade 2, Elder Scrolls 6, maybe ID’s next game and my dark horse pick: Clockwork Revolution.
None of the “AAA bangers”. So Towerborne, South of Midnight, ARA, MSFS 2024 (doesn’t count 
), and Age of Mythology Retold off the top of my head.
I think the argument is more that they haven’t had exclusives nominated. Which is fair. What that tells me is the quality is there but maybe something up on the voting side. Hmm…
Safe Bets:
High Chances:
Depends on What They’re Cooking:
Don’t Sleep On:
Hellblade 2 will have a great shot at being nominated in many categories since it fits the bill of cinematic.
Over the 30+ years I’ve been gaming, different publications and sites have had their own GOTY. Funny how now all of a sudden only the Keighly’s count. The boring 3 hour ad. Will never understand why people care. They have zero credibility.
maybe i read his tweet wrong. but people are gladly sitting their asses to watch the show for the trailers alone. not the awards. take out the trailers and see how many viewers it would get.
https://x.com/JezCorden/status/1724276726413308030?s=20
Yep, it’s like Todd must have hurt a family member of theirs or perhaps crapped in their coffee, smh.
I think the problem here is the narrative will always change in the media/social media.
Going forward they still will say they don’t count because they also release on PC…
Doom technically should stand the highest chance, considering it’s been nominated twice in recent years, however even if it’s better in every way possible I’m sure there’s a way they will be able to spin it that it’s bad under Xbox… 
If Xbox do want to be accepted into these awards, I have said for a long time that they should get more studios like this:
In addition publisher wise you have:
https://x.com/jezcorden/status/1724366552823124441?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ
Well at least conversion is complete.
It’s very simple, it gets clicks because it feeds into dumb console war garbage, these outlets know it and happily continue to keep it fed
Wont have any impact. What is needed is replacing the SanFran Group with Gaming Journalists with integrity.
There needs to be a change for gaming and gaming media. Between all the layoffs and the terrible takes. More folks with integrity like the staff here. Less folks with agendas.
Do someone knows if Xbox already started its Black Friday offers? or when will they do that? My brother is 100% buying one this month but wants to save some money.
Add a semblance of knowledge about dev or the industry to the mix… hell, at least a willingness to use the contacts they have to educate people at the very least. Would do some needed rehab of the overall gamer community’s toxicity, which you can draw a line directly to many of those journalists directly to feeding.