>"Clearly the fact that there is no Red Dead Redemption

>>385430552
Maybe Blizzard but they release so few games so probably not.

Not other devs but Rockstar is scared of Nintendo. They knew they couldn't compete with BotW so they delayed the game to ensure the 2018 goty award was an easy nab.

Watch asscreed and far cry 4 get eviscerated in the reviews for not having the freedom of BotW.

>>385430552
I loved the Assassin's Creed games, then the PS4 happened. Ubisoft was never able to properly focus on making a good game after that.

>>385430761
Are you fucking joking? PS4 is home to at least three game of the year candidates, in one of the strongest years in history.

>>385430795
But Assassin's Creed 3 was for PS3/360, Anon.

>>385430901
>Persona 5
>...

Pray tell, what are the other two? Not denything this isn't a good year, but apart from BotW, Persona 5, and Hollow Knight, what games can really be considered GOTY material?

>>385430552
Nintendo.

>>385430761
>implying anyone gives a shit about GOTY awards

Come on

>>385431063
Publishers do, and we know 2K is up there with Activision and EA

>>385430901
Candidates that stand no chance against Zelda. I doubt they could even beat out Mario

>>385430761
>They knew they couldn't compete with BotW
I doubt rockstar is run by nintenbros.

>>385431057
Persona came out in 2016.

>>385431057
Not him, but prey is the undisputed 2017 GotY. Too bad no one gave half a shit or played it.

>>385431206
Not in God's country

>>385430761
>>385431057
nobody outside of the autists here give half a fuck about goty awards, especially not devs

>>385431057
BotW will win because >muh Zelda, but reviewers will put H:ZD, Nier, Ni-Oh, and P5 in their honorable mentions. I haven't played any of these games, so whether or not all those deserve it is up to you.

>>385431238
>System Shock underwater in space
>GOTY material

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

I would assume some Japanese devs are afraid of DQ, FF, or Persona.

>>385431331
Nah, one of those games will get left out as well because of Mario

>>385431331
No one will name nioh as an honorable mention.

>>385431331
The only deserving of those are BotW and Zelda. Horizon is kind of pretty to look at but that's it, nier has dull gameplay, and nioh gets very boring once you realize gear matters way more than skill

>>385430761
If RDR2 dropped in the same time frame as BotW, BotW would quite literally be irrelevant. This is coming from somebody who loved the game.

>>385431624
BotW and P5*

Oopsies

>>385430761
Do you honestly believe Rockstar of all companies is scared of BOTW? They would have easily tripled the sales of BOTW.

>>385431682
>if the Wild West expansion for GTAO released this year, BotW would be irrelevant

It's sad some people actually believe this.

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>>385431297
scotland?

>>385431682
I doubt rdr would have developers gushing over how it revolutionized open world gameplay. This is coming from someone who doesn't give a shit about where you're coming from

>>385431846
>I doubt rdr would have developers gushing over how it revolutionized open world gameplay
Despite the last 12 years practically every Rockstar game did just that. And only Nintendo was able to kind of match them

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>>385430761
>couldn't compete
>BotW might reach 10 million sales by the end of its lifetime
>GTAV will probably hit 100 million by the end of next year

>>385431824
It's sad you refuse to believe it. Rockstar games are always guaranteed 10 million+ in sales. Nintendo gets games once in blue moon now that break 10 million and get massive praise.

>>385432045
>BotW is on a 30 million install base, counting the Wii U
>GTAV is on a 200+ install base, not counting PC

Damn...that really...and I mean really...made me ponder...wow...ain't life a peach?

>People think RDR2 couldn't compete with BOTW

GTA V's 2017 sales ALONE are larger than Zelda's.

>>385432164
>always guaranteed billions of sales
Manhunt, LA Noire, Max Payne 3, anything that isn't GTA beg otherwise. RDR is an outlier, but mostly because it really was GTA with horses. Having replayed it recently, the game really is a fucking chore with nothing to do in it. No wonder they are prioritizing the online jewing for the sequel.

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>>385432242
>30 million install base

you can't be serious

>>385433132
It's a WiiU game

>>385433252

The WiiU install base is 13 million. Nintendo sure as shit hasn't sold 17 million Switches yet.

>>385433132
*20 million :^(

I thought Wii U was a little higher for some reason

>>385433407
>The WiiU install base is 13 million


Jesus I thought they at least hit 20.

This is good news. R* games take time to make, and don't need to rely on dlc to be playable, so more time spent developing it means more good content.
They can't just pull a nintendo and release a game with 5 hours of content copy and pasted 20 times over then sell dlc later to cover it up like BOTW because then they need to spend money paying for reviews, unlike nintendo who's fans will shill their shit regardless of how objective they're supposed to be.

>>385430552
Nope.

There's your answer OP

>>385430761
>Far Cry
>Assassin's Creed
>getting the scores they deserve
you must be retarded if you think this is going to happen. game journalists clearly know nothing about video games, and will give them 9s just because they're open-world.