I'm with thevaliantx on this one. It's a shame that the schedule bug ruined this game for so many since it was shaping up to be another great year. If it weren't for that bug I'd put it behind NBA2k13 and FIFA but because of the glitch...well, even with the glitch I'd still put it ahead of Madden and NCAA so yeah, #3 isn't bad. I think overall that's about where it'll land since as good as it is at this point NBA and FIFA just do their thing better.

The show and 2k13 is it. Soccer is gay, hockey cancelled, n madden is consistant. It consistantly sucks year in n year out. The show goty imo, but 2k13 is right there.

Halo, Gears of War, God of War. Being in one console doesn't hurt those games. Again, the fact that it is baseball is the biggest detriment.

The Show is routinely the best sports game released year after year. Unfortunately, for the reasons already described by others, it often gets overlooked in the GOTY discussion. It's released early in the year, it's only on PS3, and baseball is definitely behind football, basketball, and soccer in terms of video game popularity world wide. I love playing baseball video games personally (especially The Show) but I know many people who find baseball video games boring. Due to the nature of the sport there's no getting around the early release date every year that baseball games bring but The Show could gain exposure if it somehow was ported to the 360 and/or PC. It'll never happen because it's a SCEA game, but that's the only way I ever see The Show being able to compete popularity wise with the other yearly sports games.

Overlooked by who?

Sure, a typical gamer might forget how great The Show was if you ask them while they're knee deep in NBA 2K or FIFA. But someone casting a meaningful vote should do their homework.

I actually think The Show would have an advantage. All of its patches would be in, rosters would be up to date, etc. You could still be waiting for those things from NBA 2K & FIFA come voting time.

And if the popularity of the sport is affecting opinions of the game, maybe the voting process should change. Of course the perception of the game will suffer if someone that enjoys basketball & soccer that much more than baseball is comparing those games.

It's a good point but I would definitely disagree about the sliders being good. The game only uses a simple 10 point system which doesn't allow for enough customization in things like pitch speed. The game also has some global sliders instead of cpu/human sliders for fielding which doesn't make sense to me. Lastly, the game really needs a cpu aggressiveness slider to determine how often the cpu swings at pitches out of the zone. There are too many things lumped in with the contact slider imo.

If it would be on xbox too, that would be the only way how they would get a GOTY..

Wait, everyone is saying it doesn't win sports game of the year because it is exclusive to the PS3 and thus it doesn't get played by more people. But gamers don't pick the GOTY games, the media, magazines, and reviewers do... right? I don;t know, I have read reviews for every The Show entry and one thing that every reviewer seems to say is that the game is good, but it's not much different than last year. On average The Show usually scores in the 8.0 - 8.9 range.

I think this is why it doesn't win more awards. But this year might be different because the game was pretty exceptional this year. *shrugs*

Wrong usage of "its."

i think it is also a generation thing too. i am old enough to appreciate baseball. it was my first sports love till 80's football and basketball grabbed me by my balls. since then i resent the nba and nfl but i found the show. it reminded me how great the game of baseball is and will always be.

nfl and nba are full of drama queens, from the top level executives to the players and to the fans (generally speaking). baseball on the other hand is dramatic. every year bottom of the barrel teams rise up, new stars are born, and something epic is achieved. baseball just keeps getting better and better every year.

Apparently, you're the only one that feels this way because the sport of baseball has a rapidly declining fan base.

But The Show is the best sports game of the year...It's also the MOST CONSISTENT from year to year by far.

A few have already made great points. The two BIG reason's it's ignored.

1) PS3 Exclusive
2) Baseball titles don't sell as much as other sports titles.

Those two reasons are why it get's ignored. To be honest, I like that it's ignored. It gives the dev team a chip on their shoulder to keep making the game better. Look at the other sports titles when they got Game of the Year Award. The community get's too big. People start complaining about everything. Then the dev team tries to please the wrong community and loses focus.

This years World Series had the WORST TV rating in history. Baseball's fans are declining, even as an excellent rendition of their sport is being done on the PS3. Even if if was widely available, there still needs to be a fan base for it. Compared to the other sports, baseball is at a disadvantage

My SGOTY is 4.NBA2k13 3. NHL 13 2. MLB 12 The Show 1. FIFA 13. Each of these games has great graphics, most realistic gameplay ever, and good to great presentation. The major difference to me is customization capabilities and capturing the most of the sport. FIFA 13 has a great internet based creation centre, and iPhone app to manage your trading card ultimate team. FIFA is at least a year ahead of everyone else. NHL 13 has great gameplay, but MLB is closer to the actual game.