When awards no longer reward merit, gameplay, and quality, they become a mark of shame instead of a badge of honor.  Having an Oscar or Bafta associated with your work now means being disgraced, not being honored.,(reply>), But normal audiences or so called casual gamers will take this award credit seriously and say oh this game didn't have bafta award and it looks crap and borring anyway won't buy it.  I have already seen this happen to me and this type of shit will only get worse in the future.,(reply>), It's credentialism, a way of gaming the system so that woke devs can convince uninformed businessmen that their games are worth investing in. The same thing happened in comics and fantasy literature.,(reply>), Exactly. If this BAFTA outline becomes an actual thing I'll skip titles sporting a BAFTA tag on principal. You hire on talent, period. When you don't you get shit like Kennedy's Star Wars.,(reply>), We were wondering what will happen to the generation raised on participation trophies. Now we know.,(reply>), Add Pulitzer too.  All garbage.