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Viewership of The Game Awards more than doubled over last year to 26 million live streams, 1.13 million concurrent viewers on Twitch
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Congrats to Geoff and everyone who worked on the TGA's!
Yep. Obsidian seems to still have it despite what some doubters were saying. I'm looking forward to the Outer Worlds and seeing what else they'll develop in the future.
Yep. Obsidian seems to still have it despite what some doubters were saying. I'm looking forward to the Outer Worlds and seeing what else they'll develop in the future.
That's more than three times as many viewers as Sunday Night Football. I know this is counting worldwide streams, but still, it's a huge success.
Real justice would have been Celeste winning!
God of War is better than the others at least
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Do they? That's interesting. I wouldn't think anyone cared.
Anyway, TGAs will doubtlessly get bigger next year in terms of reveals and presentation. Twenty six million potential viewers is nothing at all to sneeze at.
Congrats Geoff Keighley! It's been a lot of fun watching you grow the show. Can't wait to see what it is next year especially since it'll be the last event of 2019 leading into a new generation in 2020.
Good for him and everyone else for putting together something more respectable. Next time, let's do fewer celebrity presenters (JONAH HILL) and do more performance talent (Voice actors, motion capture, composers, etc). They deserve more of that lime light.
Also, fewer things like that awkward Devil Trigger performance, lol. Overall the show felt a bit long, and maybe they could have put some of those world premiers at the beginning and end, and focused the center more so on the awards instead of splitting them up.
Also, fewer things like that awkward Devil Trigger performance, lol. Overall the show felt a bit long, and maybe they could have put some of those world premiers at the beginning and end, and focused the center more so on the awards instead of splitting them up.
Article from Variety. I love the idea of taking the show to London / Tokyo / Seoul / Montreal. This is a global industry, and that deserves to be celebrated.
Massive congrats and respect to Geoff. I'm sure 2019 will be even bigger and better!
Massive congrats and respect to Geoff. I'm sure 2019 will be even bigger and better!
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I find it weird how big the show is now and how little we saw in terms of big announcements. The vast majority of the reveals were indie games.
My bet: most AAA games in development right now are next gen games, that is why we didnt get to see them.
That said, we didnt see even stuff like Gears 5 and Days Gone, which I would think Microsoft and Sony would like to expose them as their flagship titles next year.
My bet: most AAA games in development right now are next gen games, that is why we didnt get to see them.
That said, we didnt see even stuff like Gears 5 and Days Gone, which I would think Microsoft and Sony would like to expose them as their flagship titles next year.
After this news, he's going to have more AAA pubs calling him asking for a slot in the 2019 show. He's proved the show's worth now.
Some neat stuff in here about where Keighley hopes to take the show in the coming years.
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/game-awards-viewership-interview-geoff-keighley-1203087911/
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/game-awards-viewership-interview-geoff-keighley-1203087911/
Congrats Geoff! I look forward to the continued growth! Hope we can get more awards presented and less lightning round.
I'm still salty about Serral not even being nominated in esports!
I'm still salty about Serral not even being nominated in esports!
SonicFox was the highlight for me. The game annoncements were also great for the most part, and more awards were given on screen. Maybe next year they won't have to rush through the awards. And we will finally get our Metroid trailer, if the game doesn't release before then. Third time's the charm.
Man, with numbers like this, I have to imagine that next year there are going to be bigger announcements at the show-- especially if there's no PSX again.
Thank you Geoff Keighley for another amazing year. What I love most about these shows is they bring smaller games like Celeste, Return of the Obra Dinn, and The Messenger, as well as important figures in gaming like Steven Spohn of AbleGamers into the limelight. Worthwhile games and organizations like these getting so many eyes on them is such a positive effect of The Game Awards.
It was a well paced show imo. Geoff might need to tone down trying to be traditional like a big awards show though and try for a more unique vision. I loved the higher production but traditional awards shows shouldn't be emulated because most of them get terrible ratings these days. I wasn't bored and thought it was great but I know several people that thought it was dry and boring.
It's an impossible task. If he goes too serious he is called a normie but if he tries to meme and goes too far into the culture it will be made fun of by the cringekids. I think the show had the right balance, except the puppet shit with Ninja, I don't know where that fit.
It's an impossible task. If he goes too serious he is called a normie but if he tries to meme and goes too far into the culture it will be made fun of by the cringekids. I think the show had the right balance, except the puppet shit with Ninja, I don't know where that fit.
It was the most coherent show he's put together so far, cringe was pretty minimal. Glad to see it's doing well.