Quote Originally Posted by Niyuka View Post
Instead of the "righteous anger" at FFXIV not winning anything, have you ever stopped to consider that perhaps this may be justified?

FFXIV has grown incredibly stale in terms of content cycle. Its primary relevance years ago was that it was rebuilt on the ruins of a failed project, something that used to be rare (although by now several games have had such a revival, so the story is now old and not important anymore).
Fortnite is probably the most important game of the world right now, in terms of what it achieved, and how it has transcended past simply being a game, to being one of the most important leisure activities for young people. It also maintains its hold on an extremely fickle market (young players), drew in more new gamers than any other title since, MAYBE, WoW, in which shadow FFXIV continues to stand.
Last but not least, FFXIV has not seen any big headlines for multiple years now, with the good game journalist criticisms of Shadowbringers being the sole exception. Other than that, its just a small game happily chugging along a completely predictable, conservative content plan year after year. Maybe after 6 years thats simply not award-worthy?
FFXIV is not in WoWs shadow and hasn't been for years. People that continue to blindly sub to a product that has been degenerating for 10 years doesn't make it great.