However, although Qin Han decided to keep a low profile, it did not mean that he was ready to remain passive all the time.

Since someone wants to target themselves, then, they should first find out the true identity of the other party.

"If I win three TGA awards, then the parties whose interests are harmed by this are the most suspicious. ”

It's very simple logical reasoning and doesn't require any high IQ to come up with.

First of all, there is the "Best Indie Game of the Year" award.

The opponents of "Oriental Gensokyo Story" are not worth mentioning. This is the award with the highest probability of winning the award for Qin Han, and basically those opponents will not be able to do anything no matter how small they make small moves.

Moreover, the other nominated indie games were produced by either small studios or even one person. They simply don't have the ability to spend money to hire people to create negative news and deal with Qin Han.

Indie games are synonymous with no money and no manpower.

Not everyone can be like Terracotta Entertainment, a game that sells millions of copies and earns astronomical profits.

The second nomination, "Best Simulation Game of the Year", "Oriental Gensokyo Story" has a relatively strong opponent, that is, "SimCity 7" produced by EA.

It's also strange to say that in the world of Qin and Han, the "SimCity" series, which has long been put into the cold palace by EA, actually lives a good life in this parallel world, not only out of the 7th generation, but also has been selling well.

Even in this parallel world, EA has a bad reputation in the minds of players. The infamy of ruining classics, shit after-sales, studio killers, etc., has always been firmly glued to the body, and it can't be shaken off, and it has been the champion of the "Worst Company in the United States" every year.

Judging from its reputation and consistent bad deeds, EA does have a certain possibility to use shady means to discredit Qin Han in order to win the grand prize.

It's just that the award of "Best Simulation Game of the Year" is not heavy in the entire TGA awards ceremony and is a secondary award. It's roughly equivalent to technical awards such as "Best Art" and "Best Editing" in the Oscars.

No way, although Qin Han likes to play simulation management games, he has to admit that this game type is niche and has limited influence.

Will EA play a small off-court game for the sake of a minor award like "Best Business Simulation Game of the Year"?

Will EA do this kind of stupid thing with big investment, high risk, and small return?

Qin Han is not very sure, but let's put EA on the list of suspects.

And then there's the last award nomination – the most anticipated game.

Although this award does not seem very important, it is actually the most important one in the TGA awards ceremony.

The "gold" here does not refer to the influence of the award and the honor it brings, but the real monetary benefits.

The game that won the "Most Anticipated Game" award will receive a promotional video for up to three and a half minutes at the ceremony. In addition, game producers will also be given a one-on-one interview to introduce their new game.

This year's TGA Awards Ceremony is expected to be watched live by nearly 10 million viewers around the world. With such a large viewership, the game that won the "Most Anticipated Game" award will have an unprecedented distribution effect in its promotional video.

This is the same reason as the halftime advertisement of the Super Bowl, the annual American football championship game, which always sells for sky-high prices.

Winning the TGA Most Anticipated Game Award is a great and completely free promotional opportunity, which is a very big temptation for any manufacturer.

In an era where the cost of promoting games is getting higher and higher, and the production costs are already on par with the cost of production, no one will easily let go of this multi-million dollar opportunity.

And, there's one more crucial point.

In other TGA awards, players vote for nominations, and then the judges determine the winners. But the most anticipated games are voted on entirely by players.

Compared with the more professional industry judges, it is clear that ordinary players are more susceptible to external factors.

If there is fake news such as "Qin Han, the producer, is a scum who discriminates against women" spreads around, ordinary players are more likely to be misled, so that they can vote for themselves regardless of the objective facts.

"Morita-san, this TGA awards ceremony, what are the most anticipated game award nominations besides "Terraria"?"

Sheng Tian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Qin Sang, it seems that you have grasped the key point." Of the three awards you were nominated for, the 'Most Anticipated Game' award was the one with the most interest. If anyone wants you to miss the prize, it must be one of the other nominees. ”

Along with Terraria, the canonical sequel to the Halo series, Halo 4, Willedy's sci-fi shooter Battlegrounds, BIOARE's fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins, and Nintendo's Super Mario Solar System. ”

Some of these games nominated along with "Terraria" are masterpieces from the previous life of the Qin and Han dynasties, and some are new games that only appeared in this parallel world, but without exception, they are all extremely competitive.

"Halo 4" and "Super Mario Solar System" are new super IP series with a large number of players. BIOARE is also a time-honored brand with strong appeal, and has rich production experience in the field of CRPG (abbreviation of Computer-Role-Playing-Game, in the context of gamers, CRPG generally refers to Western-style RPG, used to express the difference from Japanese JRPG games), and has produced classic games such as "Neverwinter Night" and "Baldur's Gate".

And Willedi's "Confused Star Battlefield", although Qin Han has never heard of this name, it is said to be a 3A masterpiece with a big investment, a big production, and the current top picture expression, which has been very hot recently.

"The candidates competing for the 'Most Anticipated Game' award are all strong players, why am I being targeted?" Qin Han said helplessly, "You know, the game graphics of "Terraria" are not as good as "Super Mario Solar System", and they are still pixel style." ”

Morita smiled and was very happy.

Nintendo is Sony's old rival, and its games, while full of fun, have one biggest drawback. That is, the picture quality often lags behind the mainstream of its contemporaries. This also became the focus of Nintendo's ridicule by other console fans.

Ren fans: "Nintendo's games are just fun!"

Suo Fan & Soft Rice: "Yes, yes, it's so fun, the gameplay (mosaic) full of screens is about to break through the sky." ”

The above dialogue is often taken out and said over and over again during the console war.