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Game Awards 2019 sets new record of 45 million live-streams, 73% increase from last year
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Geoff created a fantastic show this year. And he got the new xbox exclusive!
It's a shame the Alyx demo fell through, it should have ended on that.
The negative posts on this forum talking shit during the broadcast were embarrassing.
It's a shame the Alyx demo fell through, it should have ended on that.
The negative posts on this forum talking shit during the broadcast were embarrassing.
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Because I cared about what Nintendo could've announced the most lol
MS at least brought their next whole ass console, and Sony a big look at one one of their biggest games next year and a PS5 game reveal.
Nintendo's history with the Game Awards also has been way better.
Happy for the increase, but the show started well and petered out after the first hour for me.
Why was Industry Icon segment cut out? Why were there SO many fucking commercials and the awards were an afterthought? I love the world premieres, but why were SO MANY of them boring and generic shoot-a-thons?
It feels like the show is starting a dangerous backslide to the Spike VGAs. In years past, despite its faults, I have bragged to other people that gamers finally had a show that respected us and the industry. After this show, I'm not as steadfast in that.
Why was Industry Icon segment cut out? Why were there SO many fucking commercials and the awards were an afterthought? I love the world premieres, but why were SO MANY of them boring and generic shoot-a-thons?
It feels like the show is starting a dangerous backslide to the Spike VGAs. In years past, despite its faults, I have bragged to other people that gamers finally had a show that respected us and the industry. After this show, I'm not as steadfast in that.
I mean, Oscar's were on a decline anyway, but this does put things into perspective...
I am impressed
That's how much people wanted to see Kojima win GOTY and say F Konami.
Fuck the Oscars!
Fuck the Oscars!
Yup. I still remember seeing posts from some stating that "not too many people watched the event" and that "only the hardcore know about the Series X" etc.
Nintendo had constant Ads reminding you of their huge catalog of games.
It wasn't all about new announcements lol
45 million people watched for a Smash reveal and left disappointed! In all seriousness, this was my first year watching TGA and the beginning was great but i got a bit bored towards the end. Like many are saying, that has a lot to do with where we are in the console cycle. I have a feeling that it's going to be insane next year with next-gen consoles launching a month before.
Maybe the Oscars can learn have the show more available to watch. Live-streaming would make it easier for a lot of people.
This surprises me. I stopped watching a few editions ago when it was clear I'd never get enough value out of the show to make up for the padding, and I'm not sure where the audience intake to replace the natural attrition is coming from, although perhaps I underestimated the draw of new announcements along a console generation boundary. Well targeted by Microsoft, I guess.
Very nice! I hope it'll encourage more to spread their reveals out and break away from dumping everything on E3.
Absolutely. The reason the show is easily breaking these records is because it's exceedingly easy to watch. It's on every platform, on pretty much every device (don't think there was any way to watch on Switch).
Forcing audiences to either figure out a local antenna or pay $35/mo for a streaming service (or God knows how much for cable) with live channels is a complete deal breaker. These shows work on word of mouth - you see people talking, and decide to tune in. Any hurdle is going to lose those viewers.
Just imagine if 45 million people tuned in to see who won Best Vita Game of 2019
Yeah. I'm hoping that that wasn't just a Reggie thing and that Nintendo will still have some big announcements at future TGAs.
Great progress gaming media have come to.
I wonder how many were sway by sop to watch ghost trailer?
This might be off topic but would you think sony would not tease tga if series x was told to be annouce there too? It's like sony build up the hype just for ms to use it against them or something.
I wonder how many were sway by sop to watch ghost trailer?
This might be off topic but would you think sony would not tease tga if series x was told to be annouce there too? It's like sony build up the hype just for ms to use it against them or something.
The Variety piece has some interesting tidbits:
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Hype was up the rooftop, even though the biggest megaton wasn't even leaked. And it was even at a shit time for Europeans on a Thursday. Well-deserved success, the show had its issues but it was worth tuning in.
How many of those were autoplaying on a bunch of game wiki sites though? Live streaming viewer counts are basically useless
Microsoft decision's to show the next Xbox in this show seems more intelligent than ever now that we have the vievership numbers. Good on them.
This year was the best TGA yet. It was faster paced, less awkward, more funny (Untitled Beaker Game was amazing), and the reveals were even more unexpected.
Great job Geoff and the crew. You deserve to be hosting the biggest night in gaming.
Great job Geoff and the crew. You deserve to be hosting the biggest night in gaming.
Well deserved. While I thought the show was lesser this year from an announcement standpoint(or majority of games that didn't really speak to me personally at least), I think the structure and pacing of the show was still pretty good. A smart decision from Microsoft to announce their next console there.
I'm worried that this was because of last year's awesome show, and with how this year's show turned out, the numbers might dip back down. Regardless, that's still a lot of viewers.
Before the show, I humored myself for a brief moment on whether MS would reveal their new console. I quickly dismissed the idea thinking it would be too soon...
I guess my gut feeling was right. Definitely smart to show it.
Nintendo really missed a big opportunity to show something new. To be fair, they did have a lot of ads though
I guess my gut feeling was right. Definitely smart to show it.
Nintendo really missed a big opportunity to show something new. To be fair, they did have a lot of ads though
Happy and hoping it's a little tighter next year. If this is for the creators and gamers then it should be 1:30-2 hours tops
Keep up the good work
Keep up the good work
I didn't watch it this year, I was to busy playing Death Stranding LOL but great news for Geoff and the industry as a whole!
