E3 awards

[thop]

http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/win.html

PSP wins Best of Show and Best of Hardware. Best of Hardware is allright, but Best of Show is a surprise. I expected Halo 2. And RE4 is nowhere to be found.

 

[marconelly!]

Nice

Best of Show
Sony PSP

Best Original Game
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Best PC Game
Splinter Cell 3

Best Console Game
Halo 2

Best Peripheral/Hardware
PSP

Best Action Game
Halo 2

Best Action/Adventure Game
Splinter Cell 3

Best Fighting Game
Def Jam: Fight for New York

Best Role Playing Game
Jade Empire

Best Racing Game
Burnout 3

Best Simulation Game
The Sims 2

Best Sports Game
Madden NFL 2005

Best Strategy Game
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat

Best Online Multiplayer
Halo 2

Special Commendation for Graphics
Splinter Cell 3

 

[pcostabel]

Yawn

 

[Guden Oden]

Roofle, Doom3 won best game or whatever last show, and it didn't even make it out over the course of the year. I think it should be illegal to hand out E3 awards to games that aren't even playable. Now id is in the embarrassing position of NOT winning an award for their game in the year it is scheduled to go out on the market.

One has to conclude these awards are nothing but PR BS and spin, if they wanted real awards, they wouldn't give best game awards to titles that are so unfinished they can't even be playtested.

 

[thop]

D3 won Best Of Show 2002 Last year was HL2. This year PSP (with no games available) - i think there is a trend here

 

[TTP]

Yawn

 

[Devourer]

Yawn

 

[ChryZ]

Yawn

 

[Teasy]

I'll add a yawn and raise a

 

[thop]

OK I GET THE MESSAGE!! :?

 

[Magnum PI]

I think it should be illegal to hand out E3 awards to games that aren't even playable.

quote from http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/nom.html

Note on eligibility: Judges were given the option of "hands-on" gameplay time with all nominated games. Games shown in non-playable form were not eligible for awards.

quote from http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/rules.html

Playable Format
In order to compete, a game be shown in playable format. For the 2004 awards season, playable format is defined as the ability for the judge to manipulate a game in real-time while running on its native platform (i.e. "hands on" gameplay). Games that are only demonstrated on videotape or through screenshots, concept art, rendered movies, pre-scripted (i.e. non-interactive) gameplay sequences, or developer-controlled theater demos are automatically disqualified from consideration in the major award categories. However, non-playable games are still eligible for Special Commendations in Graphics and Sound Design.

 

[Teasy]

Wait a moment, games have to be playable on the actual hardware they are design for to be elegible. Yet PSP, which was not at all playable, can win Best of Show??

When a company can bring what is in effect just a pretty casing and some game videos to E3 and win Game of Show with it you really have to wonder what the hell is going on...

 

[cthellis42]

That is indeed pretty screwy, and they're violating their own qualifications.

 

[jvd]

doom3 will come out this year. very soon from what i hear

 

[Devourer]

OK I GET THE MESSAGE!! :?

It's not your fault

 

[Pepto-Bismol]

Wait a moment, games have to be playable on the actual hardware they are design for to be elegible. Yet PSP, which was not at all playable, can win Best of Show??

Sounds like American Idol -- where votes can be skewed by its panel of judges ... *

The Game Critics Awards are voted on by representatives from 35 leading media outlets that cover games:

TV Guide * TIME * Newsweek * Entertainment Weekly * Rolling Stone * Business 2.0 * USA Today * Los Angeles Times * The Washington Post * Gannett News Service * San Jose Mercury News * Seattle Post * Hollywood Reporter * Yahoo! * CNN/Money ...

Source: GameCriticsAwards

* Incidentally, these are the unbiased ones.

 

[Almasy]

Wait a moment, games have to be playable on the actual hardware they are design for to be elegible. Yet PSP, which was not at all playable, can win Best of Show??

When a company can bring what is in effect just a pretty casing and some game videos to E3 and win Game of Show with it you really have to wonder what the hell is going on...

Wasn´t Metal Gear Acid, the Tales of.. game and other titles playable? Not to mention interactive demos running on the machine? That certainly counts as playable.

Why do I get the feeling you´re just saying this because DS didn´t get it, though?

 

[Ty]

Why do I get the feeling you´re just saying this because DS didn´t get it, though?

Be fair now. IF nothing on the PSP was indeed playable he has a point. Of course I wonder if for example, Halo2 actually had multiplayer capability (it easily could have - I just wonder if any of the other winners violate their rules as well).

I (and probably most here) personally don't put much faith in an award from a panel like that but it could potentially be a window into a much broader audience, and hence why the PSP could be a success ... because it's just that damn sexy. If this conjecture is correct, then it could also illustrate why the DS will remain a "niche" item and be relegated to only the gaming sector.