platform in addition to pushing for a new title in the Ghost of Tsushima universe, similar to Ghost of Yotei. 304 Ghost of Tsushima players helped the game to that award and probably wouldn’t have participated if there wasn’t a vote. Dorian Sparks simply stated, ‘I did not vote for anything,’ and Wes_Rulz echoed, ‘I don’t remember voting for this.’ So it feels like PlayStation just sent out an invitation to a party that nobody remembers getting.
And, of course, the question of the year 2025 competition comes up. Many comments see the upcoming Expedition 33 release that is supposed to be a big sci-fi title as the one to be the actual game of the year. ‘Expedition 33 says otherwise,’ tweeted Captain Haruno. Another user, Ronaldo_Shafi, simply stated, ‘Expedition 33 is the best.’ So one could be led to think that Yotei just won by default, or worse, he was never really part of the conversation. A reply by Gargus very concisely expressed the doubt: ‘Did they really? Or are you saying they did because you want yotei to be a hit despite it not being one and didn’t win any awards at the annual game awards?’ Oof! That was a direct hit regarding the game’s performance in the award shows overall, implying that this PlayStation Blog award is more of a consolation prize—or even a manufactured one.
Furthermore, conspiracy theories are another group coming from the same hostile environment. The main suspicion that Sony is simply handing out trophies to its own studio is the most sources of speculation. ‘Sony picked a Sony studio for the game of the year! LOL,’ user Anti-Commie Gamer stated with laughter and later referred to his whole diatribe about ‘WOKE OF YOTEI,’ also labeling Sony as a ‘Woke Mind Virus Cultist Company.’ It sounds… extreme. Others however took it less seriously and used memes. ‘Bros made one game and even decided to give themselves a medal,’ wrote TalalArsalan. realLionKingD said, ‘Congratulations on giving yourselves an award!’ People suspect this is an inside job, a corporate back-pat rather than a sincere player’s choice result.
Some of the critiques have been directed straight at the game. ‘The bar must have been so low holy shit,’ Michael quipped. Another user, KodiakVT, branded it ‘Epic fail Sony’ while Kougeru maybe offered the most brutal backhanded compliment of the year: ‘It’s pretty much the only ps5 game lol.’ Okay, maybe that isn’t very precise, but it surely resonates with the feeling of a weak year 2025 or that Yotei had no competition on its own platform.
However, it is not only negativity that is the case! A couple of voices among the chaos were really optimistic. Alex said, ‘Oh Thank God! A game other than E33. Congrats, great game and a worthy successor to the first game.’ And Glitchymagic praised a specific fighting video: ‘The combat flow at 0:22 is just chef’s kiss. Congrats to Sucker Punch – well deserved!’ So, indeed, there are players who recognized the game and that their victory was logical.
The whole mess of it gets messier with arbitrary side-tangents suddenly popping up in the replies. One is asking for regional pricing in Latin America. Another one wants Sony Turkey to return to Turkey. The connection concerning ‘Epsteindition 88’ has to be removed from some platform and along with that they are pushing for a new title in the Ghost of Tsushima universe similar to Ghost of Yotei. 304 Ghost of Tsushima players helped the game to that award and probably wouldn’t have participated if there wasn’t a vote. Dorian Sparks simply stated, ‘I did not vote for anything,’ and Wes_Rulz echoed, ‘I don’t remember voting for this.’ So it feels like PlayStation just sent out an invitation to a party that nobody remembers getting.
And, of course, the question of the year 2025 competition comes up. Many comments see the upcoming Expedition 33 release that is supposed to be a big sci-fi title as the one to be the actual game of the year. ‘Expedition 33 says otherwise,’ tweeted Captain Haruno. Another user, Ronaldo_Shafi, simply stated, ‘Expedition 33 is the best.’ So one could be led to think that Yotei just won by default, or worse, he was never really part of the conversation. A reply by Gargus very concisely expressed the doubt: ‘Did they really? Or are you saying they did because you want yotei to be a hit despite it not being one and didn’t win any awards at the annual game awards?’ Oof! That was a direct hit regarding the game’s performance in the award shows overall.
