PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and GOTY: It’s about art vs. product

The Game Awards revealed its 2017 nominees today, and that upcoming show from media personality Geoff Keighley has broken the seal on a contentious Game of the Year conversation: is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds eligible for end-of-the-year awards if it is still in the Early Access program for unfinished games on Steam and not in its full 1.0 retail release?
Keighley’s award show nominated the last-player-standing battle royale shooter for Game of the Year alongside Horizon: Zero Daw