Starfield Gets Snubbed At 2023 Game Awards

Gaming Bible writes: "Bethesda must be reeling today after Starfield is snubbed by The Game Awards 2023."

[ZeekQuattro]

As much as I like the game it definitely isn't GOTY material. Not by a long shot.

[RpgSama]

I mean, it got nominated for Best RPG, that's probably as much as they could have asked out of that game, not even going to win that since they are going against BG3

[Crows90]

But it's up against far better nominees.

[Cacabunga]

To my knowledge this show is about the best games no?

[fr0sty]

Imagine what Microsoft shareholders are thinking right now after billions spent acquiring Bethesda, and their first game for the platform turns out to be mediocre...

[fr0sty]

Add to that, MW3 flopping, and... well... some heads are rolling at the next conference call.

[Michiel1989]

@frosty they do not care about goty awards....they care about if it made them money which it probably did.

[Cacabunga]

Where is obscure observer? Tell him he can come out it’s totally safe

[badz149]

what really got snubbed big time is Hogwarts Legacy.

LOL @ Starfield

[ravens52]

FF16 was also snubbed. It should've been there instead of a REMAKE smdh.

[VincentVanBro]

lol literally no one expected Hogwarts Legacy at the game awards, so I wouldn't call that a snub.

[shinoff2183]

I'd take remake. Starfield and ff16 just weren't goty material.

[porkChop]

I don't see why it's a big deal that it wasn't nominated anyway. We've had a ton of really great games this year, no matter what something was going to get "snubbed". It's not a big deal.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Exactly. Anonymous;Code, Grisaia: Chronos Rebellion and Ginka didn't get nominated and those are masterpieces. Everyone had been waiting since 2014 for Anonymous;Code and it finally released to critical acclaim and it was snubbed.

[Profchaos]

@yui can't say ive heard of them I'm assuming they are niche games?

[lelo2play]

Starfield is my GOTY... and my opinion is the one that matters the most.
BG3 comes next.

[VincentVanBro]

Well you are objectively wrong but that's ok

[lelo2play]

@VincentVanBro
If you value others opinions more than your own, that's your problem. Feel sorry for you.
For me, my opinion is always the most important opinion.

[neutralgamer1992]

A remake shouldn’t be up for a GOTY unless major changes were made

FF16
Hogwarts Legacy

These 2 should be there

[Obscure_Observer]

"As much as I like the game it definitely isn't GOTY material. Not by a long shot."

Maybe not. But it got snubbed all the same.

Starfield not been nominated to best audio design and best score and music was another injustice.

Death Stranding has an 82 Metascore and had the most nominations that any game ever had including GOTY simply because Geoff is in the game.

https://kotaku.com/death-st...

Same thing with Famitsu and its publisher´s president and former editor-in-chief.

https://screenrant.com/deat...

That been said, Starfield was not alone and both FFXVI and Hogwarts Legacy got dumped to make room for R4, a remake that despite been awesome, has a lower Metascore compared to the original that already have a GOTY award.

What they did to Hogwarts Legacy is travesty and only shows how Geoff and his gang is biased.

[shinoff2183]

Hogwarts was a good game but I wouldn't say it was goty either. My goty wasn't nominated either and it's OK I personally have had the most fun with star ocean 2 remake. I didn't expect it to either. It's all just opinion.

[ChronoJoe]

It’s unsurprising that most reputable outlets won’t platform a game that helps support an influential bigot (Rowling). So it’s easy to see why people distanced themselves from it.

[Profchaos]

I would of thought more highly of Hogwarts if it didn't level gate missions. When I'm getting into the story I want to go from one mission into another not be blocked because I don't meet a barrier for entry.
It's like you're running through the game to fast take a break go brew some positions or something then come back.

If that was handled better I'd say it definitely needed to be on the list

[Juancho51]

All that money Microsoft spent and they released the WORST COD game (Obvious DLC cash grab) in history, and Starfield only didn’t flop because there’s nothing else for them to play. If Baldur’s Gate 3 had been released on Xbox Starfield would’nt have done half the numbers.

[Vengeance1138]

Can't snub what doesn't deserve to be there.

[Ezio2048]

Can't agree more

[notachance]

If anything it’s Hogwarts Legacy that was snubbed, should easily be nominated for best art/design because of how they beautifully recreated the Hogwarts Castle but the media simply has to have this ridiculous fight with jk rowling

[arkard]

Hogwarts castle was great, and Hogsmeade. I wish they would have focused the game there instead of making all these bland wide open spaces.

[BehindTheRows]

Agreed.

Not a bad game, just not on the level of this year's best.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Make sure you don't cut yourself on all that edge, lol

[darthv72]

i keep hearing about something called xbox tax. I dont even know what that is... must be some young hipster lingo. Anyways, it didnt get snubbed. It was nominated for best rpg. It likely wont win, but it is still an honor just being nominated.

[Vengeance1138]

Apparently the term revolves around "media bias" against Xbox lol if you can actually imagine such a thing lmao.

[darthv72]

Hmm... Given that many in the media (today) were likely console warrior participants growing up... I can see how that could be plausible. There certainly is a bias against Xbox outside of the media. I am reminded of the bias against Playstation when they too were the young up and comer. XB has been in this thing nearly 25 years now... I guess some just want to hold onto their grudges no matter what.

[RpgSama]

If anything there's media bias in FAVOR of Xbox, the amount of publications, YouTubers and sites that still defends MS it's crazy.

[DarXyde]

Well, it's impossible to be totally unbiased, so there's that.

If there is any prominent bias, it seems more like expectation than having an axe to grind.

Also possible (and my take on the matter) is that Starfield simply isn't the evolution one expects from a current gen game. It may be Bethesda's "most ambitious game" to date, and that is admirable. Certainly seems like their most solid release technically (you did have people stupidly saying it isn't buggy enough which is just a dumb take). But if we're being real here, this was genuinely a year of very intense competition. It's not that it is a bad game. The others are just generally more accepted/enjoyed by the public.

There's a bit less competition in the RPG department, so the nomination seems apt.

Haven't played it, not trying to speak ill of the game. But yeah, there were some heavy hitters this year, and if you've got a limited number of nominees, something is going to get pushed out.

[shinoff2183]

Theres as Much bias in the media about ps and Nintendo to. Some sites are just like that.

Have you seen the amount of Xbox youtubers there are. Say what you want but their part of the media. I don't think there's that many youtubers in favor of Sony and nintendo combined. Maybe I'm wrong with Nintendo

[crazyCoconuts]

I'd argue that the PR engine that MS spins up is bigger and badder than PS by far, creating a bias in favor of Xbox (Xbox subsidy?), especially in North America. They're more likely to pay for placements in sitcoms on TV, etc as well. As a result, lots of casual non-gamers in the US refer to game consoles as Xboxes generically.

[Plague-Doctor27]

Crazy that a trillion dollar company was able to convince some people they are victims in the video game space. Even worse when people repeatedly blame others for Xbox's failures. Xbox just hasn't made many compelling first party games worthy of a GOTY nomination for over a decade. That's not on the media

[Flawlessmic]

That's the new buzzword coming from all Xbox youtubers who rather than have a bit of self awareness and just admit that starfield wasn't that great espcially compared to the games released this year, they would rather say xbox tax and that whole media is against xbox and this is why it wasn't nominated, its rigged in sonys favour lol.

its been quiet sad to see, just how bad the echo chamber they have created on youtube is lol, there all sitting there crying like this is my game of the year 100% and it should have been nominated, its a scandel blah blah blah.

i thought starfield was ok but that about it, far from anything special even other games that didn't make the list i would put above starfield aswell

[Profchaos]

I still don't see how the nominees are in Sony's favour when sm2 is up against two of Nintendo's biggest ips and bg3 along with Capcoms re 4 remake and Alan wake 2

I liked sm2 but I'd place many other games on the list above it still sm2 deserves a place more than starfeild imo

[Flawlessmic]

profchao

Agreed hahaha make it make sense.

like i said some of the xbox guys, particulary on YT and Twitter are doing some serious mental gymnastics and blaming everything and everyone and excluding the fact starfield just isnt that special

[blackblades]

Sounds like Trump cult

[Vanfernal]

So was Lies of P... What is that about? 😆

[Crows90]

Not really an honor. It was out of pity. After all their talk of the most anticipated game. All we got was some hot gas

There is a bias towards favoring Xbox as the golden boy in the industry....even though they don't contribute anything

[StormSnooper]

I’ve heard of xbox media bias in favor of xbox but not against. Shit, as an example, the same game can have its better version on Playstation and still get lower metacritic review score on PlayStation versus the inferior version on xbox.

[generic-user-name]

The same people saying IGN are bias against Xbox for their Starfield review will ignore their 2021 GOTY being Forza Horizon 5. They'll ignore blatant Xbox fanboys like Destin and Ryan McCaffrey being in prominent positions there. My favourite is how the media said nothing when crossplay between 360 and PS3 was denied by MS for so long, but when it was Sony saying no; then the media campaign against Sony's 'anti-consumerism' began.

Xbox tax is a coping mechanism.

[ChasterMies]

11 years in a row that no Xbox exclusives have been nominated for Game of the Year at the game awards. Not a great decade+ to be an Xbox fan.

[darthv72]

Psychonauts 2 in 2021... people keep forgetting about that one. It's easy to do considering it's the ONLY one they ever had on the GotY list.

[Sonic1881]

Wait, wasn't that a multiplatform game? I remember playing that game on PS4. I don't consider that game an exclusive

[crazyCoconuts]

I mean, not an Xbox exclusive though - came to PlayStation as well because, well, Double Fine was very far along on that game when Xbox bought them. Truth be told Double Fine was mostly on PlayStation (PS4/Vita) with all their games prior to Xbox buying them.

[darthv72]

^^doh... you are right. I forgot, deus said exclusive.

[Crows90]

Because it really wasn't an Xbox game. The IP wasn't part of Xbox and the sequel was already far in development when they were bought out

[Lightning77]

As long as they have games to play that all that matters not some accolades. I haven't heard "Xbox has no games" in awhile either.

Yes I can name all the games releasing for Xbox also in 2024.

Weird comment.

[IamFrasierCrane]

The subject is game awards and Xbox exclusives. His comment is 100% relevant.

[StormSnooper]

That should tell people something about where MS wants to take gaming…

Just saying.

[anast]

The Starfield thing is shocking. I thought for sure they were going to release a solid average game, but instead they went with below average. This took me by surprise. If they had just made an average game, they would have got the nominations.

[StarkR3ality]

Its clearly not below average though is it? It's a 7/10 game which is above average to good. The problem is is that it wasn't the 10/10 that Xbox needed. It's still a good time for people that enjoy Bethesda titles and have a good PC, not sure about on Xbox as I don't have one.

[RupeeHoarder]

The Good, Bad, Great, Perfect yadda yadda are semantics. 7/10 IS an average game. If you look at most console games that aren’t complete garbage or bug ridden they fall in the 6-7 range. 5 is NOT “average” by any means in the game rating world. 5 and under is generally reserved for bad or broken, buggy games. 5 is in the middle of the 1-10 scale but that is not pegged as “average”. If 5 was average you would see more 2/10, 3/10 games. They are few and far between.

[StarkR3ality]

Well that's not my definition of average.. and the group consensus outside of N4G which is pretty much a playstation fan forum is that it's an above average game..

It's in the 80's on meta and opencritic.. look I'm not saying it's GOTY, I'm saying the opposite, but too often we go from one extreme to the other, it's either the best thing ever or it's shit etc etc.

No, and if that's how people view things then I feel sorry for them.

P.s, even if this game was a 98 on metacritic, the same people bashing it now, would still be shitting on it, so you know.

[RpgSama]

7/10 does not get you a GOTY nomination, they were lucky to even get nominated for Best RPG

[StarkR3ality]

@RPGsama

Where did I say that this should win GOTY? You literally just did what I said people do.. you assume because I'm saying it's a decent game you think I'm saying it should win GOTY? I've said the exact opposite.

If this website is any indication of the general intelligence of the human race, I weep for you all I swear to god.

[Crows90]

Dude. A 7/10 is an average game within the way that media publications are ratings games these days.

Which games are decent and very likable games. When have you seen at five out of 10 game be likeable or decent? Most games that right at that score are horrible. They're below average.

Therefore any game that critically receives a seven out of 10 is actually an average game. Any game that receives a five out of 10 is not even worth bothering with. There are a lot of average games out there that are very much worth it. But they don't score five out of 10 they score a 7 out of 10.

[Lightning77]

It's still the lowest rated Bethesda title to date that's definitely a fact . It also outperformed FF16, RE4 and Mortal Kombat sales.

And yes I have my facts ready in case of any objections.

[StormSnooper]

@lightning
If it had a financially “successful” release on xbox, it actually speaks to how starved the xbox fanbase was/is and how it fell short of expectations/promises. Especially considering your point about the game’s lacking quality.

[Lightning77]

It's not "success" it's success. They hit all the major Milestone's. Whatever fanboy verbiage you wanna use to feel better. It was clearly out of anticipation, "starved" sure let's use that I guess definitely not out of excitement. Again facts 1 it is the lowest mainline BGS game. facts 2 They even said they're supporting the game for 5 years. So expansions, updates DLC etc. facts 3.) MS does support its games very well after release.

Facts 4.) meta has an 83 Open Critic has a 85. Using everyone's logic here saying it's just average. Again I'm using yalls logic That would mean Ghost Of Tsushima was average also because it has a 83 meta also. Obviously Ghost is not average not by a long shot but y'all pretty much called it average.

@Stark

"If this website is any indication of the general intelligence of the human race, I weep for you all I swear to God"

Welcome to my world.

[BehindTheRows]

@Lightning77

"It also outperformed FF16, RE4 and Mortal Kombat sales. And yes I have my facts ready in case of any objections".

Present those facts. What did those games sell WW and show us how they compare to Starfield's current WW totals. And (this is key) what's the split between Xbox and PC?

[anast]

It's objectively not a good game. They used "png files" for planets among other sub par practices. Not to be rude, but you are a part of the reason why game companies continuously release crap games. This low bar mentality only makes things worse for the consumer.

[purple101]

It's a 6. Maybe 6.5 extra half point for ambition...

We all here know about the "review-gate" saga where ms pays for reviews or only cherry picks sites that would give favourable scores so I doubt the average of 7/10 is a fair average and it's probably Lower in reality . What do you think?

[MrNinosan]

@Lightning77
Please provide facts that Starfield sold more than FFXVI worldwide. I'm waiting 😏

[Lightning77]

Weird do y'all not have google or something?
https://gamerant.com/starfi...

[shinoff2183]

tarfield was a 98 on meta it would mean they released a better game and I'd still be playing it.

[RpgSama]

@Stark

I'm not saying it was going to be nominated for game of the year, I'm saying it was lucky it even got for Best RPG, far better RPGs were wit this year than Starfield.

[anast]

StarkR3ality

Your statement is ironic when combined with your screen name.

[StarkR3ality]

And you're a known Sony Pony so it really wouldn't matter what I said would it..

you're all going on like I've said it's a 11/10 because I've said it's a half decent title.. you guys might have a different opinion on what a 7/10 means but that's about it. I agree it's not GOTY and won't win any awards, but just because I'm not completely on the flip side and say it's the worst game ever and it gives people cancer who play it I'm the idiot?

Right, gunna pull an Obi-Wan and say all you plastic box warriors need to rethink your lives.

[anast]

You don't know the definition of stark reality.

[StarkR3ality]

The only shocking truth I've come across in this conversation is how pathetic you are.

[anast]

"The only shocking truth I've come across in this conversation is how pathetic you are."

I'll play.

I bet you practice this speech in front of a mirror.

Your turn

[MrWood]

Hellblade 2 will probably change that next year tbh.

[Sonic1881]

How did it get snubb when the game is below average imo. IGN gave the game a 7 and knew it wasn't GOTY material while Angry Joe gave it a 6 and said it's the worst Todd Howard game of all time and said No man sky was a better game 🤔

[VersusDMC]

I like how people also think it was on the bubble as well...Dead Space, Jedi Survivor, FFXVI, Hi-fi Rush and armoured core 6 probably would have been chosen over starfield as well.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Angry Joe is a hack.. never liked that guy, lol

[Sonic1881]

If you noticed IGN and Angry Joe review score was very close to each other. I never thought that IGN would give it a 7

[recoctimocassirnff]

For me, after "snubbing" an inferior game at the awards show, they've clawed back a small amount of credibility.

[StarkR3ality]

Snubbed would imply it deserved to be in the Running in the first place, it does not? It's up for RPG which it won't win, the only category it could have won for me was Music, the soundtrack is amazing.

FF16 isn't up for Game of the year but no one's talking about that are they? Wish we would just accept this game was a solid 7 out of 10 and move on, most PC/Xbox gamers have played and moved on, while you guys who only play on Playstation are still breathing life into it, let it die FFS 😂

[andy85]

I think it's because no one expected FFXVI to be on there really. But this is Microsofts prominent release for the year so they expected it to be.

[StarkR3ality]

I'd have to disagree pal, at the time of release everyone was saying FF16 was their game of the year on the Sony side.

[Father__Merrin]

After around 7h I've uninstalled it no where near fallout or skyrim

[Johnh5223]

You should of kept playing. The sidequest make the game I had blast working for ryuijin.

[jwillj2k4]

No one has time for the developer mentioned 130hr grind in order to start enjoying a game.

[gerbintosh]

@jwillj2k4

Same. Most people aren't kids or people living with their parents that have time to play games. Family and a job take up most of my day and my time is precious. I barely have time to play games 7 hours a week let alone put in 130 hours in order for a game to turn good

[jznrpg]

GoTY is for the very best games of the year. If you want to nominate it for xbox GoTY it has a chance otherwise it doesn’t belong

[-Foxtrot]

Going from Skyrim having multiple nominations and wins to Starfield being snubbed...

[tagzskie]

The only people think this is game of the year or game of the generation or game of decade are xboys. Nothings wrong with them though xbox doesnt have goty material game(so they didnt know whats good and bad) cept for forza horizon 5(which is racing game and its impossible to win any goty).

[bleedsoe9mm]

Several Snubs for Xbox this year, Starfield GOTY and Score or Music, Halo for best Ongoing and Best Community support

[StarkR3ality]

Agree with the Starfield music and Halo community support, seen as though destiny 2 got nominated literally after firing half their staff seemingly, shit was backwards.

[Dandalandan117]

It wasn't snubbed. It just wasn't GOTY material.
It's a big budget game with an average game underneath.

[ocelot07]

It was bang average

[siLENTEsKI]

The “author” here doesn’t know what the word snub means.

[Ninver]

It was never GOTY material. Good enough for gamepass though that's about it.

[gold_drake]

im sorry, but no, it did not get snubbed.

the hype just didnt live up to what they delievered. its that simple.

[DafunkyRebel]

I enjoyed Starfield but something about it felt....inadequate. The gameplay felt antiquated and samey to the other Bedestha games. Being a next gen game it should've been....more

[purple101]

Cos' it was a last gen game…on a last gen console

Probably did more harm than good to Xbox's reputation, series S owners playing in 24fps at sections on a supposed next gen box.

Let alone not being a 9/10 game which it needed to be, me did the whole review cherry picking thing to even get it to an 8/10 so in reality it's a 6 or 7

[CrimsonWing69]

Snubbed?

The game was ok at best and incredibly underwhelming at worst. What does it do better than any of the games that were nominated?

Hell, Cyberpunk stuffs it in a pipe and smokes it for chrissakes!

[Profchaos]

And here's the articles about it being snubbed I was wondering when they would start.

Realistically it didn't deserve to be there solely based on its critical reception which wasn't as high as other Bethesda games or other goty contenders.

I'm taking the user score out of the equation given it's extremely emotional for many people.

From my experience with the game it was sterile bland and couldn't keep my interest long I tapped out around 4 hours which felt.far longer.

[RaiderNation]

It's only a snubbing if it deserves to be there in the first place. Suffer, baby!

[Lightning77]

I made a comment awhile ago saying it wasn't gonna be a GOTY contender. Maybe HB2 will contend next year. The industry is always mesmerized by heavy story games with realistic graphics.

[Elda]

It wasn't snubbed, it's just not that good of a game to earn that recognition.

[Antnee534]

I actually don't think even in another year starfield would have made the cut. It's a decent game that's about it and decent don't win goty.

[randomvoice]

Why would a mediocre game be nominated for a GOTY award?

[Zenzuu]

"Starfield is the best game this generation" Quoted by a lot of Xbox players.

*Game Awards* "Hold my beer."

[Sonic1881]

Especially Obscure_Observer 😂😂

[jwillj2k4]

No matter good, bad or ugly everyone’s talking about starfield again.

[franwex]

Right. So did Forspoken. Heck, let’s add Redfall to the list too.

[Rimeskeem]

"snubbed"?

The games that were nominated are much higher quality than Starfield.

[shadowT]

this year are simply to many outstanding 90+ games, while Starfield is more a good 80+ game. Even the brilliant Final Fantasy 16 was not nominated as GOTY.

[Destiny1080]

xboxes game of the generation, not a single award, LMAO

it could have won most loading per mile

[Thundercat77]

Snubbed? It never deserved any GOTY nomination.

Point the finger where the real blame is... Xbox and Bethesda management.

[Soulsborne]

A few other better games would need to be nominated before starfailed even gets a chance at being in the same category. M$ has had ZERO nominations for GOTY ever since the start of TGA. 2027 is lookin real bright for true gamers.

[Sharky231]

Let’s be honest for a second. Starfield is just No Man’s Sky with a Skyrim story built in. Not saying it’s not a good game. It’s just been done before. This year was stacked with games. Something was bound to get left out.

[XBManiac]

Maybe next year as on going title...

[ironmonkey]

So, when does starfield get the HD remaster?.

[GhostScholar]

I just don’t get why anyone who likes this game would care if it’s nominated or not. I have had an absolute blast with the game. It’s one of my favorite games of the year and that doesn’t change because critics and trolls don’t like it. Most years it would have probably been nominated but this is one of the most stacked years in probably 25 years. All the games that got nominated are definitely worthy to be game of the year. My personal pick for a game that should have been nominated is planet of Lana. I know it’s a short game and a niche title but I thought it was incredible.

[VincentVanBro]

Decent game but it does literally nothing exceptionally. Doesn't belong at GOTY awards.

[Kyizen]

Anyone think Stafield reaches the level of Skyrim? No...so stop talking about GOTY

[tay8701]

Wasn't snubbed, not g.o.t.y. material. Certainly had the hype, but didn't deliver on it.

[purple101]

Ohh dam

Seriously, so no “game of the year” edition? 🧐

[Flewid638]

I mean....its not a great game.

[Bronbron92]

It was a good game not a great one had a ton of hype being that “next Bethesda game” but this one doesn’t have to following behind it like elder scrolls or fallout I’m sure whenever the next fallout or elder scroll is released they’ll be in GOTY line up starfield was a game you play for a week or 2 then you’re just done even with its replay value it’s just not on the same level of the games on the list

[Exvalos]

Imagine spending billions to keep starfield away from Sony and the game end up being mediocre, to the point even hard-core Bethesda fans don't really like it that much.

[neomahi]

I guess GamingBible learned their ego may be a little too inflated and that they just bought into the Starfield hype way too much. Honestly, Xbox hasn't really released a game that caught your attention since the Xbox 360 days with Gears of War type experiences. Xbox is just that out of touch.

It's about treating your customers with respect. Economy sucks right now and Xbox just wants to nickel and dime chose crazy enough to back them and are blindly loyal to them. Game Pass also isn't good for developers, they'll develop for PS5, get the money they want and then move it to Game Pass. Let's be real hear, consumers don't want a subscription service for their games.

Xbox also uses their consumers like lab rats. Xbox does whatever they want, generally in the worst interests of gamers, and then reverse policies on a dime. It's almost like it's for good publicity but you have to shoot yourself in the foot and look incompetent and so it fails altogether. Xbox makes a policy or a price hike and when it backfires, they go through the same old routine: 1) Apologize -which means you'll never do it again but they still do. 2) Reverse the policy and say "we're listening" which is a page torn out of PlayStation's playbook, except without the screwup, but that was also ten years ago. 3) Say that they're using user feedback to shape the console and make it by fans for fans...... So, why don't you just hire on people that actually know how to run a gaming business and do it right the first time and quit surprising everyone with new ways you want to screw them over?

Take care of your customers and they'll take care of you. GHOST OF TSUSHIMA had zero paid DLC that I can think of, Sucked Punch said "hey, you bought our game, you ought to get everything that makes it a game, so here you go." Media Molecule did the same with Dreams. All you have to do is think of your customers best interests first and put them first and then they'll take care of you. Economy sucks right now. People are having to move back in with their parents and nickel and diming them to death isnt helping.

The way this world is going and treating each other, we may not have that much time left, why not use what little time there is to show compassion and empathy and take care of or do something good for those around you instead of worrying about your next mansion. How many houses do you think Phil has? A couple of them, that he doesn't need.

Xbox isn't a gaming business. It's a bunch of shots that took a job that they know nothing about and it's butchering them. It's Bill Gates ego and pride that still lives there, and his mentality isn't gamer mentality. So take care of them, and they'll take care of you. Microsoft has enough money. They thought Activision was going to solve their problem but, Halo hasn't been good since when, 4? Call of Duty is destined to die too. If Sony can come up with a counter, especially, that's $70 billion wasted.....

[Juancho51]

The word Snub would insinuate that the game was deserving of GOTY. Only reason Xbox players loved it is because it was the only decent game released the entire year. They don’t even have Baldur’s Gate 3 yet.

[Jon61586]

BG3 is PC fyi

[Jon61586]

It is my game of the year and that is all that matters to me. Ive spent 200 hours playing the game.and havent finished the story yet.

[ShwaaMan]

It didn’t get “snubbed” it’s a solid game, but there are clearly like 10 other GotY contenders ahead of it. It has been an absolutely stacked year and a “pretty good” game like Starfield just doesn’t cut it in regards to its competition.

[Chocoburger]

Snubbed? Nah, could have seen this a mile (or rather a year) away. The game always came across as yet another unfinished, undercooked Bethesda slog fest.

[roboteye]

You're making it sound like Starfield had a chance to begin with.

[Juancho51]

Is anyone surprised? It was only so well-received because there’s nothing else to play on that console. They don’t even have Baldur’s Gate yet.