The Steam Awards 2023 results are out and they’re a meme – Hogwarts Legacy winning the Best Game on Steam Deck Award (videogames.si.com)

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[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 55 points 11 months ago

I think a problem is that people are compelled to vote on every catagory to get that sweet, sweet useless gift. Making them vote for the only name they have played and/or heard of in every catagory.

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 30 points 11 months ago

There's this, and there's just trolling, like giving most innovative gameplay to Starfield. The internet's gonna internet, what can you do.

[-] Lith 10 points 11 months ago

At least the trolls make it obvious they're not voting sincerely. Steam awards are a popularity contest where the categories don't really matter, so I'm just glad less people will take the results seriously this time around.

[-] Poopfeast420@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

I don't think there's really any trolling going on (at least enough that it matters), just that people vote for what they know or recognize, like you said a popularity contest. Three of the titles in the Innovative Gameplay section are pretty niche, no matter how good they are. Even Remnant 2 is dwarfed by Starfield sales, so the latter just becomes the default choice for most people.

If there was any other big name AAA title on the list, I think Starfield could have lost.