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Game Awards 2019 sets new record of 45 million live-streams, 73% increase from last year
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I probably wouldn't have bothered watching any of it without the incentive from Warframe. What I did say just reaffirmed my feelings that it's less about the awards and recognizing actual achievements in the industry and more about reveals and advertising. Good for the folks behind it I guess, that's a huge uptick in viewership, but I won't be back for this show.
^^^ Very cool about how they kept it under wraps. That was the most impressive thing.
The show itself felt too long, and the ads between ads with commercial breaks was a bit grating when there were genuinely good things like the musical performances, the muppets, and the actual awards. They should have focused more on each GOTY nominee, for instance, and had more time for actual human beings to talk rather then get rushed off after they got their statue.
The show itself felt too long, and the ads between ads with commercial breaks was a bit grating when there were genuinely good things like the musical performances, the muppets, and the actual awards. They should have focused more on each GOTY nominee, for instance, and had more time for actual human beings to talk rather then get rushed off after they got their statue.
Yeah, it seems to be a good bet even though I personally felt like it got a little lost in the sea of other advertisements. Then again, it DID open with the buttery voice of Alan Watts, and that Hellblade trailer really did some magic.
This.
Each award deserve the same ceremony. Plus, too many categories IMO.
How do you get ad buyers for the next show if you can't verify these sorts of numbers? I would think faking them could put you in some serious legal jeopardy down the line.
Awesome and congrats to Geoff and everyone involved! It was a good show and happy to see the surprises and announcements.
Don't think its purely live viewership, but stream views across all sources combined with views of the archived videos.
For instance, the YouTube version of TGAs is at 2 million, and weren't there like 60 different platforms around the world to view it on?
Happy for Geoff and everyone involved that it's become such a success. I'm not a fan of the amount of advertising and lack of stage award acceptances, but I understand funding needs to come from somewhere. At the end of the day I'm glad an event like this exists.
The VGAs have come an extraordinary long way from when they began.
Certainly there is still room for improvement, but major props to Geoff and everyone involved for continuing to build upon each year. Congratulations
Certainly there is still room for improvement, but major props to Geoff and everyone involved for continuing to build upon each year. Congratulations
This was definitely one of the worst Game Awards. It kept getting better every year then fell off this year.
This TGA was solid to be honest. Its as much as we could have expected at the end of a generation.
The only disappointment for me was lack of Batman, it seemed like this was the only place to show it if it was gonna show up this year. But that's not Geoff's fault.
The only disappointment for me was lack of Batman, it seemed like this was the only place to show it if it was gonna show up this year. But that's not Geoff's fault.
TV networks have tried, we aren't interested in that. This is a global show. I'd rather stream it live and free around the world.
I know people give you crap about the ads, but kudos on all the success and growth on this show. A console being revealed at it has to be some vindication for you and all the people that work to make the show happen.
Thanks. We can't always give you everything you want. I thought it was pretty cool to reveal the new Xbox and the first PS5 game. Ultimately we can only reveal what's offered to us by the game companies and what's in development. A bunch of stuff rumored was never even on the table for the show, like that supposed Batman game. Lots of bad rumors out there!
How would they have known there would have been a 73% increase though. That's mind-boggling and the best-calculated risk I've ever seen in gaming.
Good for him. Great stuff. I know it is easier said than done but a few more high profile reveals a bit more spread out and a bit less ads and this show will be perfect. Also, Axe the pre show. create a show with everything in it. We don't need stuff as high profile as VIIRemake in the pre show just to get viewers at the start. IMO of course.
Its really just obvious to see that more people (especially those who dont own an xbox) would watch the game awards over a dedicated reveal presentation
There's more to streaming than just Twitch. For instance Twitch isn't available in China. Also, the 400k viewers don't include people restreaming the awards either anyway.
Would it be possible to get a further breakdown of where the most views are coming from? Genuinely curious.
Eitherway, congrats on the show. I really could do without the fast and furious ad stuffed right in front of the Game of the Year announcement though.
Hey, the bad rumours only help your numbers. I get that it can lead to dissatisfaction with some of the audience...but they'll tune in next year when the next round of rumours start.
I think we all wished that Vin announced a game like Escape from Butcher Bay :/. I was more embarrassed for Michelle Rodriguez and her pronunciation of Tekken.
As I recall, we criticized the reveal itself in conjunction with the choice of venue, not the venue itself.
I don't think the TGA's viewership alone tells us much of anything about the reveal's level of success.
Look I like you guys (youtube subscriber for 3 years), but can you just admit you were wrong? It's literally the best possible place they could have announced it - especially now that we have statistical data showing there were 45 million eyeballs who saw their advertisement.
Why else do companies pay broadcasting rights for Super Bowl commercials in the millions of dollars.
We bigger than the Oscars now ladies and gents.
Yeah great move for xbox. I've already seen people at work who dont watch any xbox related shows, talk about the series x.
Dumb move for Nintendo if they have a January direct and show things in there that they could have shown to a much larger audience. Smash bros character just being 1 of those things.
Dumb move for Nintendo if they have a January direct and show things in there that they could have shown to a much larger audience. Smash bros character just being 1 of those things.