LogFAQs > #939502863

I'll say...i think P5 had a very real chance of beating Skyrim this year based on trends. in the witcher match, there were a bunch of rallies right at the start of the match, they allowed persona to stay somewhat competitive for like an hour, then died down. we know rallies tend to wane when the match starts to look unwinnable.

for the Witcher vs Skyrim match, Skyrim was actually holding up worse than persona 5 througout the night. so its likely Persona would be leading Skyrim going into the day vote (the period where Skyrim made up the difference to finish with a better performance against Witcher)...if the match stayed close that far, you can bet the rallying for P5 would have been far stronger, which could have allowed it to just barely hold the lead in the day.

this is of course all ignoring Skyrim being able to mount any sort of rally of its own. but it never did the whole contest, even when it was going 50/50 with Dark Souls...so i think its unlikely.