By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Adinnieken on 23 May 2013
Edit Thread
taus90 said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Adinnieken said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:


Same. The fact that this along with the fake audience sound supposedly is news material is mind-boggling.

 

Goes hand in hand with the rise of "reality" TV: People trust way too much of what they see.

The clapping wasn't fake, it was just from Microsoft employees.  There were times when it was total dead silence and you could tell either Mattrick or the other guy thought there would be a more positive response.  I don't think anyone should expect the press to clap.  Not when nearly every person there seemed to be live blogging the event.  You could clearly see some seemed to be balancing laptops on their laps while they watched, so I think clapping was out of the queation and the presentation should have been directed as such.


Microsoft employees = Fake audience


Press at PS4 Event did clap, they had laptops too.. but cheering for Xbox one was so superficial, they were cheering for stuff which was not even amussing at all.. 

While I agree with you, I'm confused by your "they were cheering for stuff which was not even amussing at all."  People don't necessarily just cheer or clap for things that are amusing to them, but for things they like or approve of.  There is also, often in some situations, applause out of acknowledgement. 

I certainly agree, during Microsoft's presentation there were times when an applause wasn't warranted, but I also believe there were times when one was.  Which, if you have your hands free, and I'm sure Microsoft employees did, then you'd be clapping.  There were also things where they didn't quite register as resoundingly with the employees themselves.  The NFL announcment only got a small applause, while the Halo announcement got a significant applause.

As an audience, I think it is acceptable that Microsoft employees applauded, they have every right to.  I don't think they acted as a fake audience, because what got wide-spread applause and what didn't get much at all varied.  Even to the point that in some instances the audience (which includes Microsoft employees) didn't applaud.  So, to me, they appeared to be acting genuinely more so than a canned audience would.