The 2017 edition of The Game Awards was a fantastic show, full of wonderful developer speeches, sterling games from throughout the year being recognized, and outstanding world premieres of upcoming titles. But who saw their stock rise at the event, and whose stock plummeted? Who crushed it and who got dented? From Josef Fares to Link’s motorcycle, these are the 2017 Game Awards’ biggest winners and losers.
Nintendo
When The Game Awards first began, Nintendo was a Wii U-fueled punchline. Fast-forward to 2017, and they’re back on top of the world. Everyone expected The Big N to clean up in the awards department one way or the other, and sure enough, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild took home the top prize for Game of the Year. They punctuated their win by unveiling (and then immediately releasing) their second big DLC expansion for Link’s latest. But Nintendo also managed to answer, in part, the question of, “What about 2018?” with a reveal of not just Bayonetta 1 and 2 ports for Switch, but an all-new Bayonetta 3 exclusively for Nintendo’s red-hot console as well – with Reggie Fils-Aime himself there to reveal it.
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