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The story
A thread reporting that Sony’s “Death Stranding 2” had been named in the Japan Game Awards selection lit up 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (“Geha”) board. Early on, posters jabbed at the fact that Sony itself was absent from the award ceremony, and questioned whether this was actually the top “Grand Award” or just one of the “Award for Excellence” picks. Some compared the win counts between Nintendo’s “Pokémon Bananza” and various Sony titles, and the conversation soon drifted into the circumstances behind director Hideo Kojima’s departure from Sony.
What people said
The "chameleon" skipped it too (unclear who's being referenced, but implies someone who keeps changing their stance)
Is that really okay?
Sony really is strong when it comes to award season
Pokémon Bananza
Sony
Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yōtei
Tied for now, I guess
or maybe Resident Evil Requiem.
But Raiders is excluded because of the eligibility period,
so it's probably going to be Resident Evil Requiem
No way a piece of garbage like Death Stranding 2 wins an award…
Where the hell does my Poko-a Pokémon rank, idiot
"It's the Game Awards!"
This is basically a comedy skit
Oh right, didn't it lose to Tamagotchi? lol
If they're doing this as a joke, that's impressive. Way too much of a public humiliation
I'm telling you to drop the "Nintendo" stuff, and you go and call him "Nishi-kun" — your Japanese is terrible
It's painfully obvious who this is aimed at and what it's trying to say, lol 🤗
Wonder how he's feeling right now
Even without a word, the message comes through loud and clear, lol
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The Japan Game Awards are announced alongside the Tokyo Game Show, using a two-stage system: roughly ten titles are first named “Award for Excellence” winners, and one of those is then chosen as the single “Grand Award.” As pointed out in the thread (e.g., >>16), some posters flagged that this might be an Award for Excellence rather than the Grand Award — based on the thread’s posts alone, it can’t be confirmed whether Death Stranding 2’s honor here is the Grand Award or just one of the Excellence Award picks. Some also speculated that, due to the eligibility window, newer Splatoon titles may have been excluded from consideration — a reminder that the casual “how many wins for Nintendo vs. Sony this year” tally is being made without a clearly agreed line on which titles even qualify. Many posts also touch on Hideo Kojima’s relationship with Sony, but comments about his contract status after going independent, or his ties to Microsoft, are largely fragmentary speculation rather than confirmed fact.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) thread “[Sad News for Nintendo Fans] Sony’s Death Stranding 2 Makes the Japan Game Awards!“
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