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[Freelance Yakuza]

What do you think GAF?
Edit:
Yeah, I should have written the title differently, now I'm going to be mocked for asking this . It's not that I doubt they do that, it's just that so far there's only this tweet with the video, so there may be more information (or not) about why the audience was excited and applauding when Phil talked about the studio closures.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Add a disclaimer to the bottom like they did all their trailers

 

[Dacvak]

Not surprising at all. This is pretty standard stuff for live events. I’ve been to dozens of E3 live interviews and I’d say almost half of the time the audience is prepped beforehand. Though I’ve never heard of the “loudest cheerleader” getting some prize or something. That sounds either made up or incredibly desperate.

Either way. It’s dumb and kind of slimy.

 

[feynoob]

All interviews are staged. Nothing is authentic.

 

[acm2000]

have you never seen an apple event? all these things have people in the audience to try get cheers going etc

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[GHG]

 

[Solidus_T]

Given the way the audience claps at Apple events and even at the Xbox One reveal, I totally believe that they pay people to sound excited for whatever the f is happening on stage.

 

[ManaByte]

Wait until you find out that laughter in sitcoms is staged.

 

[DeepEnigma]

This gif reminds me of Burger Time

 

[CLW]

Wait until you find out that laughter in sitcoms is staged.

 

[Hero_Select]

I remember the Fallout 76 reveal.

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

Wait until you find out that laughter in sitcoms is staged.

 

[Bungie]

Quite common when it comes to these things sadly, even phil seemed a tad weirded out when they cheered after the closure question.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Quite common when it comes to these things sadly, even phil seemed a tad weirded out when they cheered after the closure question.

That shit was hilarious.

And they cheered the loudest at the event over Sam Lake telling the audience "we are going to sell you dust collecting junk (paraphrased)"

 

[Punished Miku]

Quite common when it comes to these things sadly, even phil seemed a tad weirded out when they cheered after the closure question.

That's funny lol. I'm going to have to look at that.

 

[AJUMP23]

This is how every live audience is handled.....

 

[Kokoloko85]

A 3rd party company that reviews games shouldn't really be doing this. Dont care if its normal, your meant to be an unbiased gaming company that reviews games on all platforms, you shouldnt be involved with the crowd when working with another platform.
Might not be real but if it is thats what i think

 

[Skifi28]

 

[Black_Stride]

Wait so like with all good live studio audience management?

You can see the applause signs here.


IGN did this for the whole show NOT just for Phil Spencer.
Some random indie dev shows up and is talking about stuff beyond your purview......youll still get an applause because once the energy in the studio goes down, the shows is pretty much fucked and you might as well have just done it as a podcast.
There was a long-ish PC gaming section, 99% of the crowd that shit went over their heads......your gonna need to keep crowd managing them otherwise they might literally just leave then you have a quiet show for your next section.

 

[Klayzer]

Nothing is authentic anymore. Fake drama, fake outrage, fake gameplay, just assume nothing is authentic.

 

[ReBurn]

Maybe they used one of those audience tracks like on sitcoms

 

[danklord]

This is dumb because everyone does it but hilarious because gamers will get mad about it.

 

[Calverz]

 

[Gudji]

 

[Pelao]

A 3rd party company that reviews games shouldn't really be doing this. Dont care if its normal, your meant to be an unbiased gaming company that reviews games on all platforms, you shouldnt be involved with the crowd when working with another platform.
Might not be real but if it is thats what i think

Exactly this, which makes the excuses that this is commonplace weird to me. Yes, sure, a company hyping its own event is commonplace, but for a media outlet, whose supposed role is to inform the consumer, to be shilling for a company in this way just doesn't seem right.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Bro, this is a common occurrence, not tinfoilery.

 

[FunkMiller]

You think that fat cunt is actually going to open himself up to genuine scrutiny of any kind? Of course it’s all stage managed.

 

[March Climber]

Nothing is authentic anymore.

These lights have existed for years btw:

 

[BennyBlanco]

Exactly this, which makes the excuses that this is commonplace weird to me. Yes, sure, a company hyping its own event is commonplace, but for a media outlet, whose supposed role is to inform the consumer, to be shilling for a company in this way just doesn't seem right.

It’s IGN, not the NY Times. I’m surprised they even asked about studio closures. This is like getting upset that people are asked to clap on Good Morning America or whatever.

 

[Three]

These lights have existed for years btw:

The question is who was turning it on for studio closures?

 

[solidus12]

Not really surprised

 

[Black_Stride]

A 3rd party company that reviews games shouldn't really be doing this. Dont care if its normal, your meant to be an unbiased gaming company that reviews games on all platforms, you shouldnt be involved with the crowd when working with another platform.
Might not be real but if it is thats what i think

They are unbiased.
Literally everyone gets cheers.
Did you actually watch the event, cuz there was a lot of sections where no one in the right mind would be cheering that hard but its crowd management, if you are doing a live event, the crowd needs to be popping off even if they have no idea who just came on stage.

Im the CUDA king but I didnt even know who Guerillmo Siman was.....the crowd was going off.

 

[March Climber]

The question is who was turning it on for studio closures?

The issue they probably encountered was twofold. 1) They didn't want dead silence after hearing that and 2) There's no audience prompt to match that type of conversation.

The best solution was to wait for Phil to say something positive at the very end and place a cheer at that moment, which honestly barely half the crowd even cheered at that when listening to it. There were even a few 'oooohs' which almost sounded boo-like.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The issue they probably encountered was twofold. 1) They didn't want dead silence after hearing that and 2) There's no audience prompt to match that type of conversation.

The best solution was to wait for Phil to say something positive at the very end and place a cheer at that moment, which honestly barely half the crowd even cheered at that when listening to it. There were even a few 'oooohs' which almost sounded boo-like.

They should have had the "awwwwww" promt.

 

[March Climber]

They should have had the "awwwwww" promt.

 

[DeepEnigma]

All I see is a blue audience, was this taken at the event?

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Asking if these reactions are not staged is like asking if porn actresses are really excited when they get nailed in the butthole without any lube.

 

[Rockman33]

Sounds like you’ve never been to anything tapped that was live…. They always do this type of thing.

I remember I went to a tapping of late night and there’s monitors everywhere to tell you when to clap and cheer.

 

[Black_Stride]

Exactly this, which makes the excuses that this is commonplace weird to me. Yes, sure, a company hyping its own event is commonplace, but for a media outlet, whose supposed role is to inform the consumer, to be shilling for a company in this way just doesn't seem right.

Are you okay, the same IGN who hosts unaltered trailers and post verbatim press releases from these same companies?
The whole point of IGN LIve is to have game devs up on stage feel like their game is being promoted by IGN, if the audience is fucking silent when I get on stage, you best believe im not coming back next year.
So IGN hypes everyone, literally the whole show had random devs youve never heard of get crowd reactions......gamers are the only ones who will pick out one specific spot that fits their narrative to bitch about.
This event is a marketing event.

 

[Mokus]

Nothing new with Phil, he has been doing it for a really long time.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Looks like a cry for attention from some no-name Twitter personality. Phil Spencer actually did address the question head on, and he credited himself for making the decision. I can't tell if the second video was even taken at the same time. While I would not be surprised for audiences to be primed for reactions like that, from the videos above I don't see enough evidence to connect the dots. Seems more like manufactured outrage to pump engagement stats on Twitter.

 

[BiggStankDogg]

What do you think GAF?

 

[Wildebeest]

Are you saying that "games journalism" only exists to act as a megaphone for corporate PR? Absolutely shocking allegations. World shaking.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I will say though, Ryan McAffery is a total Xbox homer and something about his voice/manor really irritates me.

 

[Quantum253]

Not surprising at all. This is pretty standard stuff for live events. I’ve been to dozens of E3 live interviews and I’d say almost half of the time the audience is prepped beforehand. Though I’ve never heard of the “loudest cheerleader” getting some prize or something. That sounds either made up or incredibly desperate.

Either way. It’s dumb and kind of slimy.

Thought the same thing about putting employees/staged people/etc into the audience to start clapping/cheer to be picked up by the mics and start a reaction was/is a thing too. You can always tell when it's genuine and when it's forced/faked.

 

[Alan Wake]

 

[Fart Knight]

Lol at the 360 headsets

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Ryan isn’t a journalist, he’s an unofficial extension of Microsoft PR. Part of the problem basically.as are the others

Hellblade 2 isn’t a 10/10 game.

Frankly I would like others in the media to call this blatant shit out but there’s more chance of a Kill the Justice League sequel.