The Game Awards players’ voice nominees cause an upset over gacha’s influence

Gamers have noticed that gacha titles have taken up three out of five top spots in The Game Awards’ Players’ Voice category, and now many of them are saying that players no longer deserve a voice.

The anticipation surrounding The Game Awards 2024 show hosted by Geoff Keighley has seemingly peaked ahead of its December 12 stream, however, that hasn’t come without its own set of controversies. This year, titles have taken top spots in key categories even though many believe they don’t deserve the hype. On Dec. 9, Keighley announced the final five nominees for The Game Awards’ Players’ Voice category were locked in. Though many fans were satisfied to see their favorites make the list, others noticed that of the five games, three of them were gacha titles that offered game rewards for their success in this category. Plenty expressed concern over what felt like companies buying gamers’ votes for a category they otherwise wouldn’t land. There’s a lot of outright disdain, with some suggesting people shouldn’t be listening to the gamers’ voices anymore.

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