One of the highlights of last year's Game Awards was right at the very beginning of the show, as Nintendo of America's president at the time, Reggie Fils-Aimé, shared the stage with Xbox’s Phil Spencer, and ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden. It was a humbling display of solidarity between gaming's major rivals, something which has made its way into games themselves in the form of a rise in cross-platform play.
As it happens, though, the special moment wasn't a particularly easy one to create. The show's host and creator Geoff Keighley recently spoke with fans on Reddit, answering their questions on this year's upcoming event. He revealed that it took "months of negotiations", and that just days before the show he thought it wasn't going to happen at all.
"It was a dream of mine for a long time -- since the first show. I asked all three of the guys personally and they agreed to do it, but it did take months of negotiations to make it happen. A few days before the show I thought it had fallen apart and I was really sad. But then magically it came back together. Producing these shows is always an emotional rollercoaster, but I'm really proud of that moment, and glad I was able to help make it happen."
Here's the moment in question if you need a reminder:
In the very same Reddit session, Keighley also announced that this year's show - taking place later this week - will reveal "around 10 new games". It might be worth a watch.
Do you remember this taking place last year? Would you like to see Nintendo of America's new president, Doug Bowser, take the stage this year? Tell us below.
[source reddit.com, via nintendoeverything.com]
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I hope at least 1 of those 10 new games is a new crash bandicoot game or an update that reverts all the TTK changes to battlefield V....
Shin Megami Tensei V reveal!!
I'm getting Deja Vu, I'm sure he's said this at some point before.
Elden Ring and I’m happy :3
Soooo Metroid Prime 4, SMT V, Silent Hills, Mass Effect 4 and..? What also are we waiting for that 100% will be there?
Is it too late to request these titles?
Wario Land
Proper Yoshi’s Island (no craft or damn yarn gimmicks)
Mario Galaxy 3
DK 64 HD
.... send help
That was one amazing moment from last year's show. Although I thought Shawn Layden looked the least comfortable of the three. Haha.
It's also amazing that only one of these men still remain in their positions a year later.
Corporations are rather soulless taken as a whole, so I’m not sure why it was magical to have these higher-ups come together. It’s not like it represented good in the world :/
I get the dream he had. But the result was three people akwardly speaking the words their PR's had negociate for months to have an equal importance each other.
It was so unatural, so "fake".
But kuddo to have try this. It comes from a good spirit indeed.
I'll be honest I didn't even know this happened in the first place, as I didn't watch the show. Cool that it did happen though.
I actually thought this was a really cool moment. You can be cynical about it being three dudes having a PR moment if you like, but I like to think it's a reflection of how far the hobby has come. Competition and markets aside, these three companies have helped video games transcend to an art form that you're a philistine now if you don't have some appreciation of. That's pretty insane when you think about almost every other art form being minimally hundreds of years old!
PR move or no, I still thought this was a cool moment. That said, I won't be able to watch the show this year and will have to catch up after the fact. My evening is occupied.
I always go on about how cringy the Game Awards are, but every year I end up sitting around with nothing to do but watch, and generally enjoy myself. To be fair, I can still enjoy the cringiness from a "laughing at, not with" sort of way, but I feel like in the last couple years, the cringy moments were fewer and farther between, and mostly replaced with actually entertaining content and reveals.
This moment in particular was one I rolled my eyes at, but genuinely appreciated the sentiment they expressed afterwards. Outside of the gaming industry, I can't really think of another market where rival CEOs coming together would be something their audiences would clamor for.
@Desrever said "I always go on about how cringy the Game Awards are, but every year I end up sitting around with nothing to do but watch"
Sounds like my experience with Nintendo Direct videos 😅
They're cringy and I fast forward half of it (watching it live would be torture), but I still hope there's a gem or two inside.
Love the game awards. Always a good reason to throw back some snacks and watch some new trailers with friends.
Ahh the good old days when Layden and Reggie were around.
The whole leadership, internal dumpster fire, and transformation mess at Sony into SIE, and turning it into the same bland mediocrity that is Sony Pictures makes me really wonder if Sony's off the rails heading into the PS5 era. Sony was at it's best under Yoshida and Layden.
@Prizm same except I actually do watch both directs and state of plays live. They're so boring to watch that I use my phone 90% of time hoping they'll reveal something good. But the sad part is that I'm gonna sit through another state of play tomorrow and maybe in the near future for a direct lol
@Andymad NO!ITS NOT TOO LATE!!WE NEED MARIO GALXY 3!!!or a port of the 2nd game to switch.The motion controls on the right joy con would be perfect
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