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[AGRacing]

Yeah the "just don't watch" crowd… I think you misunderstand. These criticisms can easily be gleamed from watching separate terrible trailers and a few minutes of the shows to check for improvement. I turned off this last show at Monster Hunter / Final Fantasy (which was a joke, btw). I checked back briefly and they were talking about a television show with awkward actors on stage. I haven't bought in to more than half of any of these shows in probably 2 years. And it's because they all absolutely suck. These are all unforced errors.

The EASY first step in the case of Geoff is to stop saying YES to every asshole with a trailer or an announcement. If Keighley had any sense or balls he'd know to say "uh hey… maybe this announcement is a 20 second thing now an 8 minute thing?". He can't see the forest through the trees that taking he cash for a fucking terrible 8 minute commercial ruins the show. It's called fucking EDITING. Pacing.

And for gods sake you can SEE it when he knows it's not landing. Why doesn't he take a damn note and not do it again next time?

Sony had become incredible at the art of the live show.. They learned many lessons over the years. They extracted monumental hype out of them. Then one day just decided to take everything they worked so hard to learn and light it on fire to copy what Nintendo was doing (out of necessity because Nintendo shows had not landed as well).

 

[spookyfish]

What's your stance on air horns? Can we use air horns to announce new titles/trailers?

 

[AGRacing]

What's your stance on air horns? Can we use air horns to announce new titles/trailers?

Sparingly. Just show a little self control. One. Maybe 2 air horns per 2 hour show.

 

[yurinka]

UE5 games don't deserve another E3.

Nice joke

 

[KXVXII9X]

On a brighter side, I always feel like the following days has more interesting stuff to show as there are a lot of gameplay clips and stuff they didn't show.

For me, I'm just not a fan of the CG trailers and the kinds of games that are usually showcased in these events. It is whatever.

To be fair to Keighley, she doesn't have much to work with. I don't think he controls how the trailers are made. It is easier when I put myself in other people's situation.

I usually walk away very disappointed but usually find a gem or two. This love event was one of the weaker ones for sure.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[Roman Empire]

Thank God Keighley is nowhere to be seen at TGS.

 

[Windom Earle]

I don't really understand why some folks get upset over this. Are there REALLY fans of Geoff Keighley in the year of 2025 out there? Crazy stuff.

 

[March Climber]

My thread from yesterday got locked. People love their Geoff, it's fine. Consoom product.

I'm taking a guess here but I think it was locked because your thread was made after two other threads complaining about the exact same thing.

It's as redundant as putting up a soap box next to two other soap boxes and pretending the other two guys aren't there.

 

[wolffy66]

Sir... are you complaining about people complaining?

Just making an observation

 

[lughnasadh123]

Why do I feel like a cloud right now.

 

[Zephyranthes]

I don't dislike the Keighly approach, and the guy is clearly passionate about the industry, but it has gotten oversaturated. He's gone from one 2 hour show every year to now having three 2-3 hour shows, and that extra space is often not filled with compelling content.

I do dislike a lot of modern marketing trends in entertainment media, gaming included. The "pre-trailer trailer" is probably the one that annoys me the most.