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Why we hate the VGAs

GamePro: Less than 10 minutes into the Spike Video Game Awards show and GamePro's feed overloaded with hate-Tweets. Why's it so vogue to bash this particular awards show?

The easy answer is: "The show sucks."

DasBunker5631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

the moment it started i facepalmed.. im glad most of the links got shut down so i didnt have to endure this garbage longer.. all to see the almighty drake :) awesumeeeeee

N4GAddict5631d ago

All the trailers were immediately posted on Gametrailers

ksense5631d ago

Where the HELL was KEVIN BUTLER!!!!! they used his name to make me watch the show. atleast i had it muted until the trailers showed.....

EYEamNUMBER15631d ago

i didn't even know it started

OneSneakyMofo5631d ago

Who cares if the VGAs gave Barbie's Horseback Riding game of the year? Apparently, GamePro missed the Uncharted 3 grand finale. That's the whole reason gamers watch this crapfest of an awards show.

SilentNegotiator5631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

"All the trailers were immediately posted on Gametrailers"
Well, right now: "Service Temporarily Unavailable"

Plus, I don't think they posted some of the new COMMERCIAL trailers, like one of Homefront.

The acting is absolutely horrible in the VGAs.
Almost too painful to watch.
Even Dane Cook isn't funny in this.
Now Nick S. is bombing. Sheesh.

DasBunker5631d ago

also wtf happened to the new zombie game reveal? i thought it was del toros game but all they showed was a name and a date that who knows if we'll be alive by then, my unborn kid will probably be able to play it on release.

-Alpha5631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

Everything was massively overhyped. Barely saw any new PS3 exclusives (was waiting for LA Noire, Agent, Starhawk, etc), UC3's trailer wasn't over 2 minutes, COD winning some of the nominations was a joke, no 360 titles aside from Forza 4, etc. Most of it was just teaser trailers. It's just one terribly driven show and like always it got hyped way too much.

And SMG2 was left out of a GOTY nomination because it's not for the braind-dead "game-bro" audience that Spike supports, what a joke.

Glad to hear about the new Oblivion game, SSX, and Resistance looked pretty good, other then that it was so very overhyped and bogged down by crap nobody cared about

ExplosionSauce5631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

It's Geoff Keighley's job to overhype things. And I don't think LA Noire is exclusive. But yeah, I was waiting on other game reveals.

Anyway the jokes were awful.
GT5 wasn't even nominated for Driving Game. But Blur and SplitSecond were.
And COD's Sgt. Generic won Best Game Character?

Trailers weren't half bad, but everything else...

PinkFunk5631d ago

I didn't actually watch the VGAs. But I did watch the trailers afterwards. That Geoff fellow really overhyped the UC3 trailer. Not that it was bad in any way; it was scrumptious and beautiful. But he made it seem like we would see a lot of gameplay tbh. My jaw never hits the floor unless it's unbelievable gameplay.

B-3125631d ago

Mofo is mad a PS3 exclusive didn't got game of the year.

Poor fanboy.

On topic, it started with the dancers and i was like "shit! wrong show" but when i changed the channel i realized i was watching the VGAs...

It was awful.

BeOneWithTheGun5631d ago

Exactly, tigersnake86. Why would anyone watch this in real-time when clips are posted to gametrailers in seconds?

I TIVO my favorite shows and watch them about 38 minutes into the episode so I can just skip all the crap. This isn't 1985. People have access to the internet.

Christopher5631d ago

***Even Dane Cook isn't funny in this. ***

Wait, there's a moment when he is funny?

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LoganX5631d ago

I facepalmed as soon as they started telling those cringe worthy jokes. The only joke I probably chuckled at was when Neil Patrick Harris considered next year's Tiger Woods game as a porn title.

SpartanPrince5631d ago

I only laughed twice. At what you said and when NBA elite was listed "in memoriam" lol

OnTopic: I was honestly waiting for this article to come up. Even though the award show was a waste of time, we dont need articles telling us this

DasBunker5631d ago

yeah the memoriam shit was the only funny part... song was crap tho.

the t woods joke was old and overplayed IMO

BISHOP-BRASIL5631d ago

I assume I'm just easy to entertain... I liked the jokes, I didn't laughed at all of them but I mostly could appreciate the trying to places joges on context of gaming industry here and there.

What I really didn't like was it's dynamics... Too much I'm famous bullcrap, too much cliche jokes, WAY TOO MUCH ads and almost no game content... Let's be real, the least they could do being an award programm was to make proper videos of all nominate content so we could at least pretent we are surprised when something wins.

They only show/make comments on things that will win one award or another, like they were totally riding on RDR before the game's music and like Ezio appeared way before it was awarded as a virtual guest.

xTruthx5631d ago

They did better than last year tho lol

Sharingan_no_Kakashi5631d ago

Gotta say I got tired of all the sex jokes. And all of the other ones. I just wish they would shut up and play the trailers and announce the winners, but for all their goofin off on stage they couldn't even properly announce the winners for all the categories. And no Neil...we don't believe youre a real gamer. And sorry Olivia Munn but you left the industry. Let's keep it that way.

Christopher5631d ago

She hardly left the industry, she's still a female icon in the gaming community and will remain so until she loses what looks she has. The jobs she's taken pay a lot more and are still targeted at the same audience (like most male gamers over the age of 20 don't watch The Daily Show?).

ExplosionSauce5630d ago

Is she even a real gamer just some pretty face G4 hired a while back?

NewShadow1015631d ago

im actually very disappointed with with microsoft. why would they cancel the gears of war announcement?! it was the only thing they had, im tired of waiting on gears of war 3, i havent seen anything since e3. it was the only reason i was goin to watch the vga's, aside from uncharted and mass effect. microsoft is screwed, not money wise of course but fan base wise. they have nothing! NOTHING! gears is my last hope.

Lord_Doggington5631d ago

too bad, the devs need public recognition for their hard work. they get it in the oscars. they should get it in a medium of entertainment that has nearly matched film: games

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PS3ROCKS5631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

I saw a commercial for kz3 with new gameplay.

Off topic. The Dr. Pepper commercial made me want some.

Nitrowolf25631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

yup i saw that too

also saw a homefront commercial i never seen

SpartanPrince5631d ago

I was wondering why no one mentioned that. We saw a tank get flipped at Narville, the first "official" MAWLR footage and an environment that almost looked like cooled lava(?). On one hand, this was the first time where i actually saw Sony advertising, as i saw KZ3 and GT5 commercials a lot.

fight4love5631d ago

Alot of commercials for many games were shown

RememberThe3575631d ago

Shit really?! Thats what I get for flipping between this and ESPN 30 for 30...

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Rhezin5631d ago

I thought it was fun, better than watching Indiana jones and the temple of doom for the 2134123452352345 time. Although it IS the temple of doom.........*runs to go watch it again*

andron5631d ago

Shabby show, what little I got to see of it anyway...

memphis25631d ago

wtf already?? man people starting the hate already when the show isn't eve over yet lol?!

Mario185631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

the show is over buddy

rjdofu5631d ago (Edited 5631d ago )

It's over mate... really disappointed... at least UC3 saves it somehow

LoaMcLoa5631d ago

And resistance 3... and Mass Effect 3... And Elder Scrolls... And...

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio13d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing13d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9213d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit13d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing13d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9213d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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