It wasn't even mentioned once.  And this got 5 stars and is one of my favorite games of the year.  WEIRD.

They also did preliminary rounds for the games they had in mind before bringing it up into the Bombcast as well, I think.

It's also a 2009 game (for the most part).

"It's also a 2009 game (for the most part). "

I think they did forget but to be fair, I doubt it would have won anything. It is just SFIV again.

What could it have possibly won?

" What could it have possibly won? "

They didn't forget it.  

From Jeff Gerstmann's formspring:

No, we had a fat list of every single thing that came out in 2010, nothing was forgotten.    

I think Jeff was the only one who got into it. 

Seeing as how Jeff is the only one that likes fighting games out of the bunch, and thats on a curve really since he appreciates it but doesn't play it regularly like Brad does with SC2 still, its no wonder nobody fought for SSF4 for GOTY. Even if I was on the staff, I probably wouldn't have fought for it much past getting honorable mention. I'm just glad the GOTY wasn't given to Black OPs or Reach since its just the same shit for thier respective games as well (jab @MysteriousBob: )

" @Doctorchimp: Over Starcraft II? No way. Considering the game is simply an updated version of a game that came out last year, it's kind of hard to consider for any GOTY awards.  "

It wasn't forgotten, just wasn't better than any of the other games. 

Duder, I was going to make the exact same topic. I don't remember hearing a single mention =(
 
I'm wondering if GB decided that price doesn't factor in their deliberations at all? $40 for this game is one of the finest deals (on disc) for 2010. If someone wants the most value and longevity out of 40 bones, this game is it.

Price really shouldn't factor into how good a game is. 10 dollar games can be just as good or better than 60 dollar ones, doesn't really matter. Games is games!

" Duder, I was going to make the exact same topic. I don't remember hearing a single mention =( I'm wondering if GB decided that price doesn't factor in their deliberations at all? $40 for this game is one of the finest deals (on disc) for 2010. If someone wants the most value and longevity out of 40 bones, this game is it. "

It came out last year, but that actually is probably why.

"(jab  @MysteriousBob: ) "

" It came out last year, but that actually is probably why. "

" @Skytylz said:

" It came out last year, but that actually is probably why. "

If you didn't play Street Fighter IV and then Super Street Fighter IV....you can just say that..instead of saying something wrong... "

" @MysteriousBob: I'm implying SSF4 is a whole new game over SF4 only if you are into that genre. I'm sure Reach and Black Ops had enough advancements and refinements to fans of FPS games to call it an entirely new product, but that may be lost to non FPS fans since it was all the same to them.  "

It got a passing mention in the "party with" talks, I think.

" @Skytylz: You're not getting what I'm saying...  You're wrong because you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. The changes in Super were in fact significant and it couldn't be brought about with just an update...that's why it reviewed so well.  And are you kidding me, super street fighter IV is the game that sets a bad precedent? People shit their pants for Black Ops multiplayer and eyebrows aren't raised at all. "

To be fair I wouldn't give it a win for any of the categories and I've played the game at least 10x more than any other game this year.

" To be fair I wouldn't give it a win for any of the categories and I've played the game at least 10x more than any other game this year. "

I wish it was discussed, but it had no chance of winning (especially as an upgrade, rather than a proper new or sequel title).

" Price really shouldn't factor into how good a game is. 10 dollar games can be just as good or better than 60 dollar ones, doesn't really matter. Games is games! "

They forgot it, but it wouldn't really have made top 3 for anything.
 
Objectively, to the outsider with no stake in Street Fighter, Super is little more than a Game of the Year edition of Vanilla. A stand-alone expansion at the most,

" What could it have possibly won? "

The thing is, SSFIV is not that much of an improvement over SFIV unless you're hardcore into the mechanics/balance etc. It also doesn't have the same impact, SFIV being a "holy shit" kind of game due to the fact that it was the first good one in awhile, whereas this is an iteration of that. 
 
@Skytylz said:

" @Doctorchimp said:

" @Skytylz: You're not getting what I'm saying...  You're wrong because you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. The changes in Super were in fact significant and it couldn't be brought about with just an update...that's why it reviewed so well.  And are you kidding me, super street fighter IV is the game that sets a bad precedent? People shit their pants for Black Ops multiplayer and eyebrows aren't raised at all. "

I've played my fair share of both super and vanilla.  The changes from MW2 to Blops are more than the changes in Street Fighter.  Street fighters changes would be like Blops being released again next year with a few more maps and guns then change a few things about the existing guns.   "

" @Scooper said:

" To be fair I wouldn't give it a win for any of the categories and I've played the game at least 10x more than any other game this year. "

Neither would I, but I would at lest mention it. "

No, it's a re-hash of a 2009 game, of course it doesn't deserve any awards. I guess throwing a couple of new characters and modes into a less than year old game and charging people money for it maybe deserves "Best rip-off of 2010" but of course it isn't anywhere near one of the best games of the year.

I literally went "Aww, no SSF4" for one second after listening to the podcast. And then went about doing my business.

And paraphrasing Ryan at the end of it all: "Congratulations to all the winners, you got accolades, from a website." In the long run, these awards don't mean a lot.

Greg liked it.

If only they'd had a "Game that you love/hate/love/hate/love/hate" category. Would have been a real contender for that.

Yeah Jeff was surprisingly tame when talking about fighting games.  
 
When that Brad was going on his rant about Starcraft being the only competitive game, only one with a meaningful league and all that. Said Starcraft was like a fighting game that lasts 20 minutes and they have 30 special moves. Jeff didn't even try and say, STFU Brad you moron, you cannot compare them like that, and don't try to make fighting games seem simple.  
 
Maybe before hand they had agreed that SSFIV wasn't different enough from SFIV to be considered. Or at least the other three had, so there was no point Jeff trying. 
 
EDIT: Maybe I have some bias, I hate competitive RTS, and Brad annoyed me with his stubborn hypocritical logic throughout the game of the year podcasts -_-

" Said Starcraft was like a fighting game that lasts 20 minutes and they have 30 special moves. Jeff didn't even try and say, STFU Brad you moron, you cannot compare them like that, and don't try to make fighting games seem simple.  

Its kind of an expansion pack to a game that came out last year.

" @Plasma said:

" Said Starcraft was like a fighting game that lasts 20 minutes and they have 30 special moves. Jeff didn't even try and say, STFU Brad you moron, you cannot compare them like that, and don't try to make fighting games seem simple.  

I laughed when Brad said that and thought Jeff might pipe up as well. The only thing the two games have in common is that they have good competitive multiplayer. "

If you re-watch the SSFIV Quick Look from way back and the recent live stream they did, none of them are really that good at the game. Even Jeff relied on tactics that a kid would use with Honda (hundred hand slap spam). I'm not saying they couldn't have skills with practice, but it was obvious none of them had really put that much time into the game. Even with Vinny buying that arcade stick and obsessing over square gate/octagonal gate modding, he was pretty bad at it.   
 
Maybe they realised that none of them are particularly skilled at Street Fighter and soured on it when the competitive scene got too fierce for beginners to excel through sheer luck. I remember them complaining about being unable to win online when SFIV was huge. Oh well.

" @mubress said:

" @Plasma said:

" Said Starcraft was like a fighting game that lasts 20 minutes and they have 30 special moves. Jeff didn't even try and say, STFU Brad you moron, you cannot compare them like that, and don't try to make fighting games seem simple.  

I laughed when Brad said that and thought Jeff might pipe up as well. The only thing the two games have in common is that they have good competitive multiplayer. "

Just goes to show how little they know/think about fighting games. "

" Duder, I was going to make the exact same topic. I don't remember hearing a single mention =( I'm wondering if GB decided that price doesn't factor in their deliberations at all? $40 for this game is one of the finest deals (on disc) for 2010. If someone wants the most value and longevity out of 40 bones, this game is it. "

"What could it have possibly won? "

" @Kill:     They reguarly joked about how bad they were at it.  Jeff, Brad, and Vinny  all said when the vanilla came out the first thing they did was play online to try for the 10 wins in a row achievement before online was flooded with people who were actually good. "