>>719051931
It winning was less having to do with it being GotY material but more with the idea of sending a message to the industry saying “hey, we want classic fun games and NOT lootbox-filled trend-chasing GasS slop!” Similarly it’s why E33 will win GotY, to send a message to the industry saying “hey, we want games by small teams as passion projects and NOT games made by bloated teams designed by committees!” and i’m at least 80% sure sonic crossworlds will win best racing game to send the message to the industry [nintendo] saying “hey, we DON’T want $80 that are worse than their counterparts!” and to just stick it to nintendo in general with it being an overpriced disappointment overall/spoiler]