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https://twitter.com/AdamSessler/status/336901672662077443

Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb noted the same:

Thanks Samurai_Heart

 

[neshoba78]

They hired actors?

 

[Atrophis]

Pretty obvious. The overhead shots didn't show anyone in the audience clapping or cheering.

Whats funny is that Sony have been doing that for years but they didn't at the PS4 reveal so it felt quiet at times.

 

[RiggenBlaque]

I don't that's very surprising, the audience probably has a lot of MS people in it. Press shouldn't be cheering, even if the event was more exciting.

 

[Calamari41]

I thought it was obvious. There's no way a normal person would cheer for anything that got an ovation during that conference.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

INTERNET EXPLORER WOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Into]

They hired actors?

Most likely, cannot confirm that. Tough that is not unprecedented, quite a few companies do this.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Jeff Gerstmann said there were a bunch of MS employees at the back cheering.

 

[phosphor112]

I thought it was obvious. There's no way a normal person would cheer for anything that got an ovation during that conference.

Our servers are more powerful than the whole worlds computing power in 1999!

My brother and I fucking lost it, lmao.

 

[Dennis]

It is not coming from gamers either.

 

[Az]

That one female cheer got on my nerves quick.

 

[EatChildren]

They're called plants, and populate most major press conferences. The obnoxious hollaring at every Sony and Microsoft E3 is exactly this.

 

[jooso]

WOOOO MULTITASKING
WOOOO INTERNET EXPLORER

Kinda obvious

 

[mullet2000]

This is pretty standard for press conferences, really.

However some of those fly-bys of the audience where literally no one was clapping or moving and all you could hear was "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" were really funny. I hope someone uploads those to youtube.

 

[Concept17]

They hired actors?

Wasn't this in MS headquarters? Employees were likely there and I believe Gerts said as much.

 

[Kikujiro]

I thought it was obvious. There's no way a normal person would cheer for anything that got an ovation during that conference.

Cheering for temporary DLC exclusive like it's the end of the world.

 

[Samurai_Heart]

Jeff Gerstmann said there were a bunch of MS employees at the back cheering.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[DemonCleaner]

They hired actors?

they always do. gets fucking annoying

 

[Strike]

 

[Dennis]

It is not coming from gamers, either.

 

[Loomba]

"CHEER OR YOU'RE ALL FIRED!"

 

[EmCeeGramr]

They're called plants, and populate most major press conferences. The obnoxious hollaring at every Sony and Microsoft E3 is exactly this.

I still remember that E3 where people cheered for pink Mary Kate & Ashley PSPs, and later a bunch of journalists complained about all the fan bloggers up at the front who couldn't stop shouting.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Sess knows best.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Jeff Gerstmann said there were a bunch of MS employees at the back cheering.

Well, it was held in a tent on the Microsoft campus, so that's not in the least bit surprising or suspect.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Xbox, TV!

ZOMGHOLYSHITQWOWTHISWILLCHANGETHEWORLD!!!!!!!!!

PRICE IS RIGHT BABY LOOK AT THAT WHEEL SPIN!

 

[CengizMan]

The cheering was absolutely terrible, obnoxious and downright infantile. They really overdid it. Doesn't it also ridicule the press in some way?

 

[Zaph]

Not sure if it was real, but I saw a screen shot of an email "hardcore" Xbox Live users received from Microsoft. Apparently they invited 400-500 fans to the event.

Here it is, from Reddit. Fake?

Well not much details at the moment. Towards the bottom of the email it states "But hurry – only the first 475 Xbox Live Rewards VIPs to act will be a part of Xbox history." I had to fill out a form, then they said they will let me know in 48 hours if I made the first 475. I filled the form out as soon as I got the email so I'm hoping I get to go! I think I rember reading that only Los Angeles residents are eligible, since E3 is in LA. Needless to say I'm stoked!

 

[GulAtiCa]

Wasn't coming from anyone I saw on twitter either.

 

[bigboss370]

INTERNET EXPLORER WOOOOOOOOOOOO

#dead

 

[KarmaCow]

I was kinda expecting for there to be cheering when they revealed 8GB RAM because it happened at the PS4 reveal, but no, the hollering was weirdly limited to the kinect garbage.

 

[Dug]

I always assumed the cheering and clapping I hear at these conferences were not from the press...

 

[Jac_Solar]

I saw a 2-5 minute segment or so of the Xbox One reveal itself, and the cheering just sounded so lackluster. It was weird, but if they hired people off the streets to cheer then it makes sense. Not that it deserved more, or less cheering -- it just didn't sound genuine.

 

[flippedb]

lol that's great

 

[Dragon]

I hope not. I'd lose what little respect I have.

Microsoft announcing all this negative news out of conference just shows them to be the cowards they are!

 

[Sn4ke_911]

old, please lock.

 

[javac]

It was the sound of Ballmer rolling in that dough and dropping dem nickels.

 

[Leonsito]

Pretty much true, for every single conference I've seen in the last 15 years, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Apple, Google,...

 

[Night_Trekker]

So... either MS plants in the audience, fanboys, or people who will get rich off of this?

 

[urge26]

uh duh.... didn't sound like anything other than Microbot employees.

 

[[HP]]

They hired actors?

Are you surprised?

 

[Thorakai]

Yea, there was one jarring moment when the applause started as soon as the presenter finished describing features that didn't seem to warrant it at all.

 

[USC-fan]

It is not coming from gamers, either.

well played sir.

It was very out of place watching it on tv.

 

[Backfoggen]

This was so obvious

 

[ironcreed]

Nice, it keeps getting better.

 

[krizzx]

It is not coming from gamers, either.

I said the same thing about the PS4.

Now, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that only console to impress me this new gen is the Wii U purely because it actually offered something innovative and new.

I will say that the XboxOne reveal was a lot better than the PS4 reveal though. They at least had an actual console and a new I.P. to show. The PS4 event was pretty much just to advertise the 8GBDDR5 which I bet money is going to fail to live up to the hype just like the Cell.

 

[Rad-]

I said the same thing about the PS4.

Now, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that only console to impress me this new gen is the Wii U purely because it actually offered something innovative and new.

I will say that the XboxOne reveal was a lot better than the PS4 reveal though. They at least an actual console to sale. The PS4 even twas pretty much just to advertise the 8GBDDR5 which I bet money is going to fail to live up to the hype.

Both reveals were so bad. I really hope E3 delivers.

 

[Paskil]

These companies all need to stop pausing for applause at press conferences. It's awkward as fuck. It's a press conference, not Joe/Jane Q. Public.

 

[Brinbe]

Don't think it's a problem. All companies bring in a hometeam crowd

 

[Sai-kun]

It is not coming from gamers, either.

god just shut the thread down. thread complete.