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During the IGN Live interview with Phil Spencer, the crowd cheered even if the topic was about closures, and its because they were told to.
A very "slimey" thing to do right Phil???
Anyhow ive never trusted IGN, corrupt to the core.
It's not scummy... how is this any different than any late night talk show for the past 60 years. People are cued when to cheer, partially artificial I am sure. It's also good for IGN, last thing they want is THEIR show to be a dud.
I would definitely do it if I owned IGN, especially getting someone huge like Phil.
@roadkillers... I dunno, maybe because late night talk shows aren't asking people to cheer for hundreds of people losing their jobs?
Late Night Talk Show vs Consumer Showcase/Interview. How are you even putting them in the same category. One is for pure entertainment the other is an interview based on a product.
And how much is MS worth? 3 trllion and Phil the piece of shit saying "the closures are very hard, but needed for sustainable business" Really? Your worth 3 trillion and the closures were no where near necessary. I don't know about you but I want this asshole to just leave and resign. He's just cancer to the industry.
It's crazy. Some of the top people at IGN are really great, but the organization as a whole just continually finds itself in controversy.
It's all for recognition and publicity. Which doesn't work. It was all staged and disingenuous.
Hard to trust anything IGN does especially now they have a monopoly.
I’ve watched the clip. To be fair, whenever you are hosting an event with an audience it’s standard to hype them up as a reactive audience is better for the energy in the room which translates well for viewers at home. It’s the reason comedians have warm up acts and TV shows too. I don’t think at any point there was an instruction from Microsoft to do that. This narrative is silly.
What I would focus on is this IGN pandering event not being live, in front of a specially selected audience and fanboy presenter Ryan McCaffrey who asked lowball questions and didn’t really follow up the difficult topics with any bite- this was a lack of integrity.
Hard to trust the integrity of the reviews when they are caught manipulating their audience
And some get triggered when we call on their BS and state the obvious. Anyone with half a brain knows the gaming media is biased as heck. It's been like that since forever and the sad part is they will gladly do it for free, anything to help their preferred and irrelevant brand.
Should be laws in place against these form of actions. Same goes for all the fake 5 start reviews for receiving free items. You can’t believe anything you read or hear anymore.
In journalism school they straight up taught us to never take free products, swag, food, etc, even if there are no strings attached. Even if someone doesn't realize it, and no matter how far removed the swag is from what you're covering/reviewing, free stuff does affect how you perceive the company and its products. It tricks you into feeling more positive about things.
How's this Phil doing?
Was Phil in charge of the 3-day fanfest called IGN Live 2024?
https://www.ign.com/article...
Every time i see a comment from Peterbloodyonion i know what coming.. defend MS, Xbox and Phil.. Never i have seen a remark of any kind of negativity, not once...that says enough...
When they're "professional critics" console war on Twitter, you should know not to take them seriously.
Just reading this headline alone made me feel grimy. Disgusting, all around. Haven't trusted IGN since over a decade ago, so this isn't really surprising to hear.
MS are buying up the industry so you need a compliant media to tell you how awesome consolidation and mass layoffs are... and they know MS is IP hunting too, they will be cut off from review copies of some of gaming's biggest IP's if they don't play ball.
I think that kind of thing night be standard. I once was in the audience for Wheel of Fortune and there was a guy that briefed us before the show on his hand signals, when we were supposed to react/applaud and stuff like that and we were told to check under our seats because one of them had a prize underneath it.
Edit: Okay, read the article, this was definitely some slimy behaviour by IGN and it sounds like it wasn't just on the behalf of Xbox either.
Also, since IGN bought Humble Bundle years ago, they stopped occasionally giving a game away for free during certain big sales events etc, screw IGN.
It is for say a game show or similar shows for entertainment purposes but a interview not really.
Bruno Rodriguez confirmed that his statement applied to the entire three-day Fanfest event, not solely Phil Spencer's interview. Regrettably, this part of his response is absent from the article, which raises questions about its omission.
Here is the complete explanation
https://x.com/BrunoRo115301...
Petebloodyonion,
It is an odd omission. While I do believe IGN has some problematic biases, one can't really say it's done for Spencer in light of this information.
Good follow up.
I remember when they gave Alien Isolation a bad review because the alien AI acted like a actual Xenomorph which was free to do what it wanted and hunt you down, and docked Days Gone points because it had a white female as Deacons Girl, oh and they have one of the worst fanboys in Dustin, he has no shame whatsoever.
Don't forget "too much water". It's like they hate hire people that hate their jobs. This is a people problem, when people aren't humbled they become full of themselves. IGN and other news publishers have been given too much sway, and too much preferential treatment. They forget they're meant to inform the people, and have instead become a tool to sell an image these companies want to portray. Perception of power and authority and influence corrupts people.
Remember when game journalism wasn't about playing kiss a** to ensure that you would still have a working relationship with a vendor.
2013 journalism
So what do people without stable a internet connection do
Well fortunately we have a product for those people it's the 360
So stick with 360 that's your message
2024 journalism
Ok everybody Phil's coming clap and cheer or we kick you out here's a copy of assassins creed now clap
Yet here you are, trying to down play the down playing?
Slimy behaviour is slimy behaviour, no matter when it happens.
Bleed,
Exactly, super overdone desperate.
"Oh they stopped a union of Q&A people"
"Oh they paid people to cheer at a show"(which by the way is standard stuff). They do that shit at plays, comedy shows and I'm sure at almost any game show, I see people clap for UBIsoft lame ass shows all the time.
Haha, all this hate, and stupid news, because MS and Xbox is on fire...man people are really trying hard because no other game company had shit to show...
MS has so much devs under their belt and the heat is getting real now, no more drought years, shit they are even making PS fans happy when they throw them a bone from THEIR(MS) owned, (yup they bought them), developers.
Mostly on this bubble of a site are people even reacting to such silly nonsense, let's say they did so fucking what lol, the show spoke for itself.
With their multiplatform fest?
This is slimy whether it happened now or a year ago.
Exactly, it's been a long a** time since they had a decent show and all of the sudden it's the second coming of Jesus lmao oh, and apparently we PS gamers are afraid and salty because Sony didn't have a 2 hr show...It'll only take a 20 sec trailer of the new Ghost of Tsushima just to smack them down to reality and show them who's boss;)
Yeah IGN is a mouthpiece for advertiser's that's how they make money try going to a IGN site without being suffocated by ads. Microsoft like this practical as they have deep pockets
You're not going to take out full page ads and side banners in a publication and see the game get a 6/10
Most of the gaming media are the same, especially the ones here in the States. They try so hard to keep their preferred brand kinda relevant. It hasn't worked though, with every month that passes by we see their box to decline in sales more and more.
Once again, we observe the familiar scenario of individuals diving into the comments section without reading the article itself. Below is some information extracted from the article.
"The person who talked about it, Bruno Rodriguez, mentioned that this cheering and shouting wasn’t an exclusive thing just for Spencer, and this was something they were instructed to do regardless of the person being interviewed."
It's quite surprising that MP1st didn't post Bruno Rodriguez's full response to the video, clarifying the context, his inability to hear the host properly, and how it wasn't a Phil Spencer thing, it happened the WHOLE weekend. The link is provided as the source is significant.
https://x.com/i/status/1800...
But I'm pretty sure that no one will actually go see the response and make it a IGN suck they planned this for Spencer
Actually, I find a certain aspect of IGN scummy, the idea that it wasn't broadcast live despite the event being named IGN LIVE.
No conspiracy right ? IGN and Digital Foundry have nothing to do with being MS shills. But the obvious tells us otherwise.
Are Comicon, Gamescon, and similar events now conspiring simply because they offer prizes, drinks, and more during their conventions?
IGN Live 2024 was a three-day fanfest convention featuring numerous events, including the Spencer interview.
Here is the complete 3day event recap
https://www.ign.com/article...
Click bait and petty stuff right there. Even if it was true it's not that big of a deal. No need for people to get upset over it. Like I said before this type of stuff is expected because of the good Xbox showcase.
It's an IGN thing, not an xbox thing.
"The person who talked about it, Bruno Rodriguez, mentioned that this cheering and shouting wasn’t an exclusive thing just for Spencer, and this was something they were instructed to do regardless of the person being interviewed."
and all of you eat it up like cotton candy, very nice. Disgusting headline Excaliburps, maybe read the article.
I would say keep your fucking prizes, I'm going to say what I want period. Phil the shit bag would definitely hear me about the topic about closures. Would have called him and MS greedy POS's and Phil your a fucking disgrace to the gaming community and would be best if you just resign, just GTFO. MS is worth how much? 3 trillion, that's all I'm saying.
Lol...I don't believe a word of that. That keyboard warrior stuff doesn't go far nowadays. Phil Spencer is a multimillionaire. I'm sure he gets a butt load of comments like this on a daily basis. If this stuff bothers you that much that you are saying such ridiculous things about a person you've never met it's time to take a breather. It's not that serious. I don't condone the closing of studios but unfortunately it happens. I don't get the negative attitude about Phil. He's not a saint but neither are the other people in the same position at other companies. What has he done to you personally that you would've have this attitude towards him? At the end of the day he is just another dude doing a job.
No really I would say that. I'm the type that is shoot first ask questions later I do not hold back anywhere, and don't care what comes out of my mouth. I have always been this way, it's shit bags like Phil that need to be told off and most likely deserve to be slapped around. You know it's true he's rich, MS is rich but those studios he closed, those people are not rich and TBH he does not give a fuck. What's worse peole keep supporting a company that does this.
Few days ago, they were caught doing some IGNorant poll question on youtube asking who won the summer showcase showdown, Sony or Microsoft even though Sony have yet to get do their showcase.
They simply not even tried to hide it anymore now that they have too much power buyout other gaming sites does that remind you of some other company lately who tried pay to win the industry?
I'm literally one of the folks that pays no attention to ign I don't even clock on their YouTube channel I usually watch gameranx, ign always seemed off to me for some reason lol
Is this what adults are upset about in 2024? Damn, I could find a lot more to be upset about than pizza being offered at an Xbox event. 🤣
If I was there I wouldn't need any pizza to cheer. Xbox just had the best game conference that I've seen in at least 10 years.
Totally reminds me of the 360 days.
Don't know why guys are trying to trash it should be happy we got some games coming that are going to be awesome.
As dumb as this is, it is how live shows go.
At least we can stop pretending that ign is journalism.
Lol the prizes better be worth it headsets and 5hr energy lol. All that to sell ones integrity to cheer with excitement. I bet the headsets were something very cheap that a person could buy off Aliexpress.
This has nothing to do with Phil. But I guess it’s just fits better with the blue narrative here on n4.
… and Other Live Interviews
Exactly what I've been saying in the comments, IGN bought and paid for by Microsoft and now IGN bought out a large chunk of the gaming press in preparation to try and turn around Xbox's misfortunes whether you like it or not. IGN and its outlets are going to spam you with positive reviews and articles covering Xbox over the next decade. This is Rupert Murdoch levels of trying to control the messaging.
Duuh, as soon as there is a bit of negative news about Sony, IGN is all over it, making 10 videos about it. I already knew they were biased.
There are also US based Youtubers who do the same thing, Spawn Wave, YongYea, ReviewTechUSA to name a few. Sony makes a minor mistake they are all on it trying to kill Sony or Nintendo but when Microsoft continually makes nuclear bomb sized mistakes they are all silent. Unfortunately there are people who just support Xbox because it is the American Patriot Box and they invested too much in their digital eco system to quit, not because it is a better product.
I think people were forgetting or something. During ps360 days they were on Sonys neck every other day. It's known since then that IGN has some hardcore Xbox fanboys in their staff. This isn't exactly news
Usual for Xbox Shows. Remember their E3 events with tons of people in xbox shirts that clapped and cheered like there is no tomorrow.
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I know, right? MS is gonna release eveything on PS, this really is gonna shake their hardware sales
"I know, right? MS is gonna release eveything on PS, this really is gonna shake their hardware sales"
Easy money. While Sony is investing in live service games to try and be successful in the GaaS space, all it took from MS, was to release some more of its own live service games and voilà! Success!
It´s win win situation for everyone really. MS gets their money and MAU from Playstation gamers. Sony gets their 30% cut. Xbox gamers gets everything Xbox first party related day one on Gamepass. Playstation gamers gets Xbox games to play on their preferred platform.
So yeah, I can definitely see more Xbox games coming to Playstation and Nintendo in the future.
"So yeah, I can definitely see more Xbox games coming to Playstation and Nintendo in the future."
Nice to see you change your mind now..
Both Grounded and Sea of Thieves, which is on top... MS is so gonna release everything else on PS
All the big 3rd party publishers are there: Microsoft, EA, and Rock Star,.
Now this is some worthwhile innovations on the PC side. Rather than flooding the market with keys, actually creating APIs for cross store transactions. Impressive.
I've bought many games over the years from Green Man Gaming. Love to see this. I haven't missed a free Epic game and I've bought a couple, so my library is nearly 100 games there, and the games they've given away rival a monthly Humble Bundle, except it's free!
Amazing. Hopefully this will also go to humble
I use Fanatical and GMG all the time. Never heard of Genba though, will have to check it out.