None of it's really a big deal, Fortnite winning what it did was just expected tbh.

End of the day, you don't need validation from an award show to justify liking something.

And, even then, XIV isn't the greatest game ever out there. It's okay. It's fun. It has things that are enjoyable. It's an alright game. Doesn't mean it lacks some really jarring flaws that stick with a lot of new people who like MMO's but don't really care about FF specifically. Doesn't mean it's, in particular, an innovative or boat-rocking game, or a game that really stands out on its own merits from other played MMO's. It's a very rigid, predictable game, which is fine, some people prefer that. And while it does have a story that from a "whole" perspective is cool, long drags of it just drag on (Post ARR MSQ and even segments before then, all of SB felt incredibly disjointed non-cohesive and either too fast, or too slow). And there's been less overall XIV-specific worldbuilding that isn't "oh here's Ivalice. oh here's Nier" with stories that, on their own and without the knowledge/interest in those titles, is... boring.

Music's good by and large, but a lot of it is remixed versions of other game music, or music already used at this point (E3S/E4S/Nier alliance raid, dungeons share the same tracks aside from a handful, one dungeon was remixed from one of the Alex themes, etc..) which, while cool for throwbacks, don't really impart something new that's impactful. Only song like that I've hit was really the Hades theme/SHB theme.

Not saying the remixes aren't fun to listen to, or aren't good, just that it's a lot less interesting to hear a remix song than it is to load up into The Final Steps of Faith and hear Nidhogg's theme for the first time.