They are based on user submitted nominations that happened during the prior sale.
Valve can be pretty lazy about this kind of thing. So I wouldn’t be surprised if they just automatically used the top most nominated in each category without even a tiny bit of vetting.
The real question is; why was starfield an option to begin with? Same with RDR2, who comes up with the “ballots”?
They are based on user submitted nominations that happened during the prior sale.
Valve can be pretty lazy about this kind of thing. So I wouldn’t be surprised if they just automatically used the top most nominated in each category without even a tiny bit of vetting.