The Last Of Us winner of 99 GOTY awards (World wide(

* The Winners of this year *

The Last of Us - 114

The Critics' Picks - 99

The Readers' Picks - 15

Grand Theft Auto V - 73

The Critics' Picks - 60

The Readers' Picks - 13

Bioshock Infinite - 26

The Critics' Picks - 25

The Readers' Picks - 1

Super Mario 3D World - 8

Gone Home - 5

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - 3

Papers, Please - 3

Rayman Legends - 3

Tomb Raider - 3

Battlefield 4 - 1

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - 1

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - 1

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 1

Pokémon X and Y - 1

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - 1

The Swapper - 1

GOAT

Well deserved! I enjoyed it very much!

Man...TLOU destroyed everything this year. Well deserved. Generation defining game.

It wasn't bad. GOTY awards seem like a big joke though.

I can name at least 30 games that I found much better than it.... and still play 7 years later (Team Fortress 2 for one).

it seems "mainstream media" is "how much like a movie is this game?"

It's a good game from everything I hear, so congratulations to Sony and Naughty Dog.

Of course, it isn't my pick for GotY this year, but honestly, this was such a packed and amazing year for gaming that which one of the top few titles you end up picking depends entirely on what you want from your games more than anything else.

but 8.0 said Gamespot?

LOL @ whoever made BF4 their GOTY O_o

Nice, well deserved victory for Naughty Gods.

Jelly? ;-)

A bad list of contenders if I ever saw one.

Yes.

A great game.

Amazing year for gaming leading with Sony, nintendo and then PC for exclusive GOTY quality content..........................................................lol MS.

Only played the first seventy or so minutes of it, which I don't think is enough to form a legitimate opinion on the game.

I mean, I have an opinion on it, don't get me wrong- I just don't think it's a well informed opinion.

@D4RKL1NG: You mean from users on Gamespot only right?

yooo, Sony decimating the competition from left to right. Awards, sales, games... Oh dear.

Its a great game. Congrats to ND on their hard work. Not my GOTY, that would be GTA5, but I haven't played ALBW yet.

Not surprised. Anything with the name "Naughty Dog" on it seems to take awards season by storm, whether the game deserves it or not. Uncharted 3 won 26 as well, and most people seem to think of that game as a total black sheep and a devolution from Uncharted 2.

This list tells us nothing of the games inherent quality either, which makes me wonder why anyone cares about it at all (outside the metagame of course).

you know whats funny? 99 GOTY awards for TLOU, sold 3.5 million none for CoD, sells 10 million. Funny how certain things only matter when they benefit the posters opinion.

Also FWIW i think an 8.0 is a fair score. it was a good game IMO but not an amazing one. Same way that avatar was a good movie, but not a great one but was so popular due to visuals. If naughty dog would have improved the actual gameplay it should have been GOTY.

@D4RKL1NG: But but ... The Zelda ... !!!

Its amazing how a company of 7 billion losses more or less and last place last gen sales wise , giving lessons what it means VALUE and SUPPORT to the "winners" !! Where are wii games sheeps? Where are X360 games lems?

If that were true, Gone Home would have easily won as it has the most minimalist of game mechanics in a "game".

CoD is sold over 4 different systems while TLOU is confined to one.

Most of those awards aren't notable though. Out of those hundreds handing out GOTY awards, only a dozen or so are notable, e.g. VGA, BAFTA, CESA, Golden Joystick, GameSpot, IGN, Famitsu, Edge, Eurogamer, etc.

Yeah I wasn't too gone on the game in the first half but it really opens up and the combat gets much better from there on

Thoroughly deserved.

GTA5 is definitely my 2nd best game of this year too.

Congrats to Sony's Naughty Dog.

I wasn't into the game in the first hour, but it really grew on me once I got to that second hour and beyond. I ended up playing the game a second time after beating it, collecting everything, upgrading everything, talking to Ellie more, and exploring more of the world. I usually don't play a title twice in a row so quickly considering my backlog needs attending, but this title did truly draw me in.

Exceptionally well done and fun title. For those that want a gameplay challenge, give Survivor (or Hard mode at least) a try.

Overrated trash.

Awesome. Well deserved. Top 5 game of ALL time. Thank you Naughty Gods and based SONY.

Gone Home wasn't cinematic at all. At least try to come up with a legitimate point before countering.

halo 4 sold 10 million and is confined to 1 platform as well. No reason an amazing exclusive can't sell close to 10 million. especially if its a top 5 game all time like people say

@darkangel115:

Halo is an established series. TLOU was a new IP that came out near the end of the generation. It sold remarkably well considering the factors and has been universally praised. If you wanna play the sales game....Wii sold over 100mil so it's considered the best last gen console, correct?

I feel like Pikmin 3 and Guacamelee should have gotten at least some wins... Whatever, I'll just keep enjoying the games I like...

My point was simple. all the "sales" threads about the PS4 outselling the X1 but like 100k consoles means its dominating, but when it comes to TLOU sales don't matter because it won awards, but when titanfall wins awards it doesn't matter cause it sales would suck

I was simply pointing out how fanboys twist things for their agenda and flip flop on everything. Nothing against TLOU, just making a point. and I've used the Wii outselling the 360 and PS3 as an example before as well ;)

You just moved the goal posts. You said "TLOU is confined to one system". Yeah? So is Halo 4. You didn't mention anything about "established IP" or not. Your fallacy is showing.

Lets not make this a sales war between exclusives. i was just pointing out how fanboys will use sales as proof unless it doesn't benefit them. also FWIW halo CE scored a 97 on MC, sold 10 million on a console that only sold 25 million total, was a new IP to a new console brand and a launch title.

anyway everyone is missing the point. my point wasn't about what is better between halo or TLOU, it was about fanboys being dumb

You just owned yourself. You try to deflect variables which have direct influence. GT5 sold 10million...but wasn't received well. Get owned, son.

I'm sure it will finish with over 5 million lifetime sales which is very good for a mostly single player game.

good job Naughty Dog.

They had a winner for sure.

It's a 2 hour house exploration simulator where the only thing keeping you on track is the progression of the story. The exact same reason you continue watching a movie - progression of the story. TLoU is a complete game in the most "gamey" sense of the word. It just so happens to have a lot of great production value elements surrounded around it - story, visuals, sound, acting, etc. Gone Home has a lot of the same things - in a very minimalist game package. It more closely resembles a film than TLoU. Though I wouldn't consider either to be such.

Looks boring and I haven't played it yet. The only naughty dog game I bought is Uncharted 3 (came with the bundle) and if the last of us is anything like that game then I will wait a very long time until this game hits the bargain bin.

For god sake let that crap die already,no one outside PC cares about Team Fortress 2..

The game was great give credit where is do.

Congrats to Naughty Dog.

That's the most ever for an 8.0 in history... Incidentally, I thought the game to be outstanding... and at times possibly the best all gen.

Citizen Kane also appears terribly boring at first glance, but sure enough it's one of the greatest pieces in media of all time.

You made the mistake that I've seen many times over the great years of comparing sales to an hugely marketed and very popular long running high quality series to a brand new high quality game IP released this year. One game series is well known to gamers, the other is just starting out it's "sales journey". On a smaller note, comparing a 2011 life time sales to a 2013 life time sales is also a faux pas, but let's focus on the exposure of new IPs issue. These types of misunderstood comments/posts in forums is also why I don't play sales, but I have some general information you may feel free to absorb if you see fit. Remember too, SALES =/= QUALITY, but that's a general rule of thumb for everyone.

In the RL, new IPs struggle in comparison to huge legacy franchises. That's why publishers make so many sequels, especially at the end of a generation. Uncharted 4 would have been a much safer choice for Naughty Dog and probably would have seen more sales than The Last of Us. Sony and Naughty Dog took a chance crafting a new IP and releasing it on PS3 with The Last of Us, instead of seeing another Naughty Dog Uncharted. We are speaking of the end of a generation, seeing High QUALITY AAA budgeted retail new IPs at the tail end of a gaming generation isn't something we see often.

We usually see the new IPs show up at the beginning of a generation and then those IPs are milked all gen (AC, COD, etc). The publishers already HEAVILY invested on the brand, and the current generation engine is ready to go, which is why this happens. The fact a quality new IP can release and be successful/find a place in the market so late in a gen is a win for any new IP on any platform. It's definitely a win for gamers.

I love new high quality IPs, I loved GeoW when that hit at the beginning of the 360 gen for example...I just dig fresh new HIGH QUALITY experiences on any platform if I'm lucky enough to get my hands on them.

I think most gamers can agree CoD is no longer a part of any discussions when we're talking quality games.

So Mario and Sonic at the Olympics should have won a GOTY it sold more than 10 million units,how about Mario Kart that sold 35 millions..

Most people who say 8 was a fair score are damn haters with hidden agendas,the game deserved a great score and got it almost every where but on this freaking site an a few other troll ones,funny enough this game won GOTY for PS3 here,over other games on PS3 that had higher score,again Gamespot mess up..hahaha

How is saying a game is good but not great hating? 8.0 means its a good game, but not great. 9.0 is a great game, and 10.0 is an epic almost perfect game. Tacked on Multiplayer, so-so gameplay/gunplay, and enough glitches make an 8.0 a fair assessment.

I've yet to play it. I'll definitely pick it up one of these days when it's in the bargain bin.