Golden Joysticks award GTA Online casino best expansion of the year despite being nominated for real expansions
Voters for the Golden Joysticks have awarded the GTA Online simulated casino. Expansions for Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy XIV, and more were nominated.
Among the many video game award ceremonies, the Golden Joysticks Awards are a special case because the winners are the result of a vote open to the public, with some deliberation by a jury. That is why one of the latest winners has surprised everyone. The expansion of GTA Online Diamond Casino Update, considered by international legislators and Rockstar Games itself as a virtual casino.
They award an expansion that is a simulated casino
During the last few months, many people have protested against the strategies of developers and producers to use proprietary casino techniques to raise money. The loot boxes that have generated millions are being regulated and even German law charges against Coin Master for bringing casino games to children. For this reason that the public and a jury have awarded the GTA Online virtual casino that glorifies gambling and gambling, feels like a jug of cold water.
Now, since the Golden Joystiqs Awards have a part of the vote decided by the players we can think that there has not been much competition. But if we look at the list of nominees in that same category we see the following examples:
- No Man's Sky Beyond
- Warframe: Empyrean
- GTA Online - Diamond Casino Update
- Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
- Mountain Hunter World: Iceborne
- Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions
- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
- The Elder Scroll online: Elsweyr
- Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
- Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Update
As we can see, we have expansions that reconstruct a seemingly empty game to one that has recovered the community and attracted new players, story expansions to levels of quality never seen before, content that duplicates the original game ... All this because of GTA Online fans They have returned to the game to bet and try to win more money than they have surely lost.
Source: Golden Joysticks Awards Twitter
