The Game Awards will never truly be seen as legit until it stops being a gaming advertisement reel pretending to be an awards show. The focus on ads and trailer reveals is so gross.
But that's what it is intend to be and people love it. See how many comments are about stuff that wasn't even shown?
I mean, I don't think the Oscars is a good show or anything but at least there aren't comments like "why wasn't the new infinity wars trailer shown!!" on the day after.
This is a marketing event and people love it because gaming culture is all about hype cycles and people getting excited for logos and brands and all of that. It's the culture video games have.
What annoys me the most is, despite this, people wanting to claim how this is a serious award show like the Oscars and how it's so legitimate and all of that. Again, the Oscars are a low bar and all of that but comparing this to the Oscars just makes this look bad. Just call it a marketing event and give GOTY so people can fight about it and call it a day.