Been a fan since the launch of the website and I will echo some early sentiment that I think calling the team's output "lazy" or that they don't care about the quality of content is absolutely ridiculous.
I think it's clear they're just experimenting with different Game of the Year formulas due to being exhausted by the prior ones. I think the three days of recap is a bit much, and would greatly prefer two days of recap, three days of awards. But I also understand the sentiment that they want to celebrate games as opposed to just smashing them against one another and belittling excellent pieces of work.
As for videos, I would be fine with just one or two group videos because assembling those seems like a tremendous amount of work. Vinny wants to spend time with his kids during the run-up to Christmas, not in an editing booth. Important to remember that the work on those videos doesn't end when they leave SF, a lot of work still has to be done in New York by Vinny and Abby, and of course in SF by Jan and Jason. That work is on top of still having to produce content for the rest of December.
Ultimately, GotY this year has been slightly disappointing, but I'm fully confident next year will be an improvement.
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