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Nirolak · Nov 13, 2014

From a Polygon interview about the Game Awards.

Polygon said:
Keighley, who has been covering the industry for much of his life, isn't just producing the two-hour show, he's paying for it out of his own pocket.

"The investment is my own," he told Polygon. "I'm bankrolling it and we're trying to sell some sponsorships. But there are no submission fees."

Keighley is also hoping to earn back the money for renting Planet Hollywood's AXIS Theater in Vegas through tickets, which went on sale earlier this week for $45 each, but there is no safety net.

...

It helps the odds that the Game Awards is happening the day before the PlayStation Experience kicks off in Vegas, a massive PlayStation-themed public event being put together by Sony. And Keighley said that he's heard Microsoft might be doing something for fans around his show as well.

Source: http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/13/7...amer-centric-award-show-out-of-his-own-pocket

wachie · Nov 13, 2014

"for fans around his show"

Sounds limited?

Cyborg · Nov 13, 2014

Doritos could pitch in

Nirolak · Nov 13, 2014

wachie said:
"for fans around his show"

Sounds limited?

Around the same timing, not fans of The Game Awards, I believe.

stryke · Nov 13, 2014

Yes, I can finally hear the McDonalds joke.

Impeccable · Nov 13, 2014

Sounds like a limited play event near his show and not necessarily linked to what Sony is doing with Exp.

loaf of bread · Nov 13, 2014

Can't be big. I doubt they'd be able to organize anything substantial in such a short time frame.

Dragon · Nov 13, 2014

You would think they'd announce it by now. It's less than a month away.

Ape · Nov 13, 2014

Cyborg said:
Doritos could pitch in

Taco Bell is doing the Sony one

Steverulez · Nov 13, 2014

Dragon said:
You would think they'd announce it by now. It's less than a month away.

MS announced their plans for a Gamescom show pretty late iirc, so its not that unheard of I guess.

I wonder what they will show though, Phil Spencer said today we'd hear more about QB in 2015, same with Phantom Dust and Scalebound...

wachie · Nov 13, 2014

Nirolak said:
Around the same timing, not fans of The Game Awards, I believe.

Makes sense, thanks.

sublimit · Nov 13, 2014

Of course they will.They can't let Sony be the only one that monopolizes the media attention this holiday.

GarciaHotspur · Nov 13, 2014

A thing yes but nothing as big as Playstation Experience

loaf of bread · Nov 13, 2014

Steverulez said:
MS announced their plans for a Gamescom show pretty late iirc, so its not that unheard of I guess.

I wonder what they will show though, Phil Spencer said today we'd hear more about QB in 2015, same with Phantom Dust and Scalebound...

Yes but they wouldn't have just planned an expo like Sony by coincidence, if there is one it would be in response to the Playstation event and as such couldn't be that big because theres no way they could organize something like that in like 2 months.

Steverulez · Nov 13, 2014

loaf of bread said:
Can't be big. I doubt they'd be able to organize anything substantial in such a short time frame.

Who said they were trying to organise something in a short time frame? These things take time to plan because you need to have developers get builds to show off or make trailers... if they're doing an event, I bet it was the plan all along

Banjo-Kazooie · Nov 13, 2014

Well, Phil did say to "stay tuned" for the 1 year anniversary plans...

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/528341970767212545

Miles Quaritch · Nov 13, 2014

Ape said:
Taco Bell is doing the Sony one

Doritos is infinitely worse tho.

Partnering with them shows disdain for the average consumer.

RPGamer92 · Nov 13, 2014

I love these mini E3s happening in December. Great way to end the school semester and year and get hyped for the next

Jb · Nov 13, 2014

Loving to see the competition finally heating up between the two manufacturers.

alterno69 · Nov 13, 2014

GarciaHotspur said:
A thing yes but nothing as big as Playstation Experience

I have friends travelling from Mexico to the Playstation Experience, i'm also really tempted to go, sounds like a really thought out event.

If MS is reacting to that then they should just stay quiet and plan something for next year instead.

Nightengale · Nov 13, 2014

Steverulez said:
MS announced their plans for a Gamescom show pretty late iirc, so its not that unheard of I guess.

I wonder what they will show though, Phil Spencer said today we'd hear more about QB in 2015, same with Phantom Dust and Scalebound...

The difference is that MS always had a Gamescom presence, it was just bigger this year.

Death Metalist · Nov 13, 2014

Pretty weird though. We'll see what'll come out of it, not expecting much.

Chobel · Nov 13, 2014

I think it will be a small event.

blakep267 · Nov 13, 2014

they probably don't need to have it be as big as Sonys. they could easily do like a warehouse thing and show off next years games. Fable legends, halo 5 mp, maybe a hands on quantum break, etc

SuperSonic1305 · Nov 13, 2014

Microsoft will announce LendPlay at the event.

loaf of bread · Nov 13, 2014

Steverulez said:
Who said they were trying to organise something in a short time frame? These things take time to plan because you need to have developers get builds to show off or make trailers... if they're doing an event, I bet it was the plan all along

So they just happened to plan an Xbox centric expo for the first time ever that just happened to fall nicely into the same timeframe as the first time ever Playstation expo? Doesn't really sound likely at all. Hence they either A, don't have one, or B, it is small scale as in the most they could plan within 2 months.

SEGAvangelist · Nov 13, 2014

Steverulez said:
MS announced their plans for a Gamescom show pretty late iirc, so its not that unheard of I guess.

I wonder what they will show though, Phil Spencer said today we'd hear more about QB in 2015, same with Phantom Dust and Scalebound...

Gears of War collection! I can feel it!

BELIEVE

Ape · Nov 13, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
Doritos is infinitely worse tho.

Partnering with them shows disdain for the average consumer.

I have a step brother that worked at TB. His stories almost made me give up all fast food.

Doritos are still cool tho.

Chobel · Nov 13, 2014

Team Vernia said:
Gears of War collection! I can feel it!

BELIEVE

I could see that, a small event to talk about Gears collection. Shinobi talked about it so I think the official announcement is not that far.

sam777 · Nov 13, 2014

Maybe an event after a year of Xbox One with some announcements.

Miles Quaritch · Nov 13, 2014

Ape said:
I have a step brother that worked at TB. His stories almost made me give up all fast food.

Doritos are still cool tho.

You clearly haven't had to suffer through a bag of Cool Ranch.

Ugh, just thinking about it is making me dry heave.

Silky · Nov 13, 2014

*Prays for Phantom Dust Footage*

Dragon · Nov 13, 2014

Miles Quaritch said:
Doritos is infinitely worse tho.

Partnering with them shows disdain for the average consumer.

I hope you're kidding. Pepsi owns both brands.

maquiladora · Nov 13, 2014

Megaton parity? This is parity I can get behind.

Steverulez · Nov 13, 2014

Nightengale said:
The difference is that MS always had a Gamescom presence, it was just bigger this year.

How do you know they didnt always have an event planned for the end of the year? Phil Spencer said they had a lot of games planned for next year, its not like he suddenly found out all these games were coming his platform.

loaf of bread said:
So they just happened to plan an Xbox centric expo for the first time ever that just happened to fall nicely into the same timeframe as the first time ever Playstation expo? Doesn't really sound likely at all. Hence they either A, don't have one, or B, it is small scale as in the most they could plan within 2 months.

We have no idea how big this event is, nor have I said it will be the same size as the Sony event, it will most likely be a smaller but that doesnt mean they started planning it just because Sony have their expo.

MS have always done the X events, back in the day they were in September ish with their own press conference, last year they did it in early November before XB1 launch, which was a smaller preview event for XB1 launch, they've always done an event it just wasnt high profile and perhaps this year they've decided to change it a bit

Ape · Nov 13, 2014

Dragon said:
I hope you're kidding. Pepsi owns both brands.

Where is that chart that shows like 8 companies running the world?

Miles Quaritch said:
You clearly haven't had to suffer through a bag of Cool Ranch.

Ugh, just thinking about it is making me dry heave.

*Mouth Salivates*

Ricky 7 · Nov 13, 2014

Now we just need a Nintendo Direct around the same time and it'll be like E3 but in Winter.

...Scatter... · Nov 13, 2014

Dragon said:
I hope you're kidding. Pepsi owns both brands.

Don't be the first one to bite LOL

biglittleps · Nov 13, 2014

Nirolak said:
From a Polygon interview about the Game Awards.

Source: http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/13/7...amer-centric-award-show-out-of-his-own-pocket

And Keighley said that he's heard Microsoft might be doing something for fans around his show as well.

Does this mean MS doing an event in VGX?

bombshell · Nov 13, 2014

Steverulez said:
MS announced their plans for a Gamescom show pretty late iirc, so its not that unheard of I guess.

I wonder what they will show though, Phil Spencer said today we'd hear more about QB in 2015, same with Phantom Dust and Scalebound...

Gamescom is a known entity, so there's no need to announce anything far in advance because it's expected.

JaggedSac · Nov 13, 2014

Chobel said:
I could see that, a small event to talk about Gears collection. Shinobi talked about it so I think the official announcement is not that far.

Yeah, that definitely seems to be how these leaks are occurring. Some marketing folks are spilling beans.

Akiller · Nov 13, 2014

Whatever, just show me Scalebound.

wildfire · Nov 13, 2014

The article was entirely about Keighly and it was far more interesting than the rumor itself.

At first I wasn't getting the recognition of Keighly putting money into the project. That is part of the job of being a producer. Not most of them but enough to say it isn't noteworthy. But the fact he is finding most if not all of it is very impressive and says top me this is a huge personal project for him.

In spite of the few times he can be a shill my respect for him has jumped up quite a bit because he still loves gaming and is willing to put a lot into making something special.

I hope his grasp matches his ambition because he can take a huge hit if these awards are still deemed to be clowny.

BadWolf · Nov 13, 2014

wildfire said:
The article was entirely about Keighly and it was far more interesting than the rumor itself.

At first I wasn't getting the recognition of Keighly putting money into the project. That is part of the job of being a producer. Not most of them but enough to say it isn't noteworthy. But the fact he is finding most if not all of it is very impressive and says top me this is a huge personal project for him.

In spite of the few times he can be a shill my respect for him has jumped up quite a bit because he still loves gaming and is willing to put a lot into making something special.

I hope his grasp matches his ambition because he can take a huge hit if these awards are still deemed to be clowny.

I'm curious to see how it till turn out since now he has a say in how cringe worthy it will be right?

Hibiki Kurosawa · Nov 13, 2014

Hmmmm, probably nothing huge, but I am intruiged.

SEGAvangelist · Nov 13, 2014

Chobel said:
I could see that, a small event to talk about Gears collection. Shinobi talked about it so I think the official announcement is not that far.

Hopefully for first half of 2015 too. XB1 could use a heavy hitter for that half.

thuway · Nov 13, 2014

I want this console war to go into parody territory. It would be incredible to see Phil Spencer invade the PlayStation Experience Keynote with NWO Music.

iceatcs · Nov 13, 2014

biglittleps said:
Does this mean MS doing an event in VGX?

I don't think it mean event show, just MS got something for the fans on round VGX time.

jbug617 · Nov 13, 2014

My guess they will have a location in Vegas where people can play some games. I don't expect any new announcements other than some indies. If anything MS might announcement during the show.

Dougieflesh · Nov 13, 2014

What does Xbox even have coming out before September 2015 besides 3rd party and some indies? Haven't heard about much in the pipeline for those months so this event could bolster that period if true.

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