[TheVerge] The Game Awards are losing their luster

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Favorable, you say?

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And I remember these professional shills dogging us gamers for the 'always online' and 'TV TV TV' pushback at the time.
 
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... when has this shit show ever had any luster? Keighley was dying to sell out to advertisers before the thing ever aired; the "awards" are borderline superfluous.
 
ZehDon said:
... when has this shit show ever had any luster? Keighley was dying to sell out to advertisers before the thing ever aired; the "awards" are borderline superfluous.
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Umm since it started? Seeing as how the views only keep going up that's the only answer I can come up with. It is strange that Keighley was trying to sell to advertisers and actually make money for the game awards though. You'd think he'd do all this work just for the love of the game. I'm sure when you go to work you do it all for free and don't ask for a dime from anyone.
 
mayham2199 said:
... It is strange that Keighley was trying to sell to advertisers and actually make money for the game awards though. You'd think he'd do all this work just for the love of the game. I'm sure when you go to work you do it all for free and don't ask for a dime from anyone.
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There's a difference between doing your job and getting paid, and making literally millions off of an almost fake awards show that exists for no reason other than to pull in eye balls to milk advertisers. Keighley hustled, sure, but he's made bank off of showing trailers for other people's games while sidelining the "awards" people are supposed to tune in for. If you enjoy it, go for it, but I see nothing of value in it.
 
Yes, how awful that the juggernaut of game shows brings an avalanche of attention to their games both through the TGA and the discourse on forums and podcasts. They can't keep getting away with this!!!
 
i think It's making them good money.
The level of discourse it brings in the community, i absolutely hate it.

People actually think they mean something.
 
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That crisis went by that year's game awards with no acknowledgement, angering developers further. "I'm incredibly disappointed in Geoff Keighley for his silence on the state of the industry this year," Monomi Park senior environment artist Dillon Sommerville told The Verge in 2023.
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Didn't the game Awards event then created a award (Game changer) for the guy that created a network to help game developers find new jobs?

Bizarre article, specially the timing. They either are publishing right before the event to give the organizers no time to make improvements and come out as relevant, or because they know nobody would care about if the event today turns out to have great games.
 
The Game Awards have never held any luster for me, even after the first one apparently being such a step up from the Spike Shitshow Era, which is an extremely low bar to clear. But also, I've stopped watching awards shows a long time ago. No interest in them, especially not this one.

When the things I'm most interested in are trailers and announcements, both of which I can get from gaming news sites instead (this going back to that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance trailer leak before one particular awards long ago), there's no point in my watching an awards show that I know I'm not going to like anyway.

Also, gonna get in a "Fuck The Verge", just because.
 
ZehDon said:
There's a difference between doing your job and getting paid, and making literally millions off of an almost fake awards show that exists for no reason other than to pull in eye balls to milk advertisers. Keighley hustled, sure, but he's made bank off of showing trailers for other people's games while sidelining the "awards" people are supposed to tune in for. If you enjoy it, go for it, but I see nothing of value in it.
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Ah I see so he can make money but only so much and once you decide he's made to much money he needs to stop. Very kind of you to allow him to at least make some money. I'm sure the people who setup the venue, the venue itself etc also need to be paid. I'm sure those millions he makes also goes towards paying those people as well.

I do enjoy it and more and more people seem to be enjoying it every year. Do I think some of the awards he sidelines and just announces off a sheet of paper is kind of dumb? Yes. With that said I'm sure the peoples who's game gets advertised because of that sure do appreciate it seeing as how they continue to pay him to do it. It's not a perfect show I'll give you that but I think people go to far with the negativity and pocket watching this man over a business he built is childish.
 
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Yeah, I think for some people TGA just took the place of E3 when they dissolved that.

Show us new shit coming out.

The industry back patting awards is meaningless to me.
 
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Plague Doctor said:
Yeah, I think for some people TGA just took the place of E3 when they dissolved that.

Show us new shit coming out.

The industry back patting awards is meaningless to me.
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E3 didn't work because it was not meant to be a streamable event. The idea was to attend the convention and play or watch the games in person. They tried to put more emphasis on the keynotes from the major companies, but that was still only one part of an expensive event to hold.
 
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PSFore said:
E3 didn't work because it was not meant to be a streamable event. The idea was to attend the convention and play or watch the games in person. They tried to put more emphasis on the keynotes from the major companies, but that was still only one part of an expensive event to hold.
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Can see that. The wider audience were waiting for each publishers shows for their announcements which made the schedule of streams wonky at the end. The actual event itself was for in person, first by people in industry and then by the public.
 
mayham2199 said:
Ah I see so he can make money but only so much and once you decide he's made to much money he needs to stop...
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If that's your take away from my post, then you either didn't read it, or deliberately misunderstood it. In either case, there's not much for me to respond to. Enjoy your awards show, best of luck.
 
Pejo said:
The awards have always kind of felt tertiary as long as I can remember. I'd imagine that most people are watching for the trailers/news/surprises.

There is a very small subset of people that care about "best sound design" compared to the number of people that care about Half Life 3, for instance.
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Exactly this. I will watch a highlight reel later and scrub through for trailers that look good. Don't care about any of the rest of it.
 
Part of the vision, at least as I understood it, was to legitimize games. In this world, legit=big=money. The mission seems to continue successfully. I'd like to see if there was an article from the verge celebrating the lusterosity of the show from the past.

Can't please everybody. Me and Wife have practically no expectations for these things and we'll happily curl up and watch it on this chilly evening. I doubt we'll come out the other side of a glitzy award show/advertising spree feeling cheated.
 
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