Summary
- PlayStation and Xbox fans can expect multiple trailers during The Game Awards, based on stats from the past shows.
- Electronic Arts had the most trailers featured at The Game Awards throughout the past five years, followed by Xbox Studios and Sony Entertainment.
- The Game Awards has tended to prefer cinematic trailers over recent shows, with 38.3% being purely cinematic and 43.4% being a hybrid of cinematic and gameplay.
A compilation of stats from the last five years of The Game Awards suggests PlayStation and Xbox fans should expect multiple trailers during the show. The annual Game Awards hosted by Geoff Keighley has become one of the premiere events of the year in gaming, celebrating the best games from the previous year. The recently announced 2023 show has plenty of heavy hitters for the coveted "Game of the Year" award with Baldur's Gate 3, Spider-Man 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all nominated among others. Now, stats from past shows are hinting at exciting announcements for PlayStation and Sony fans.
Alongside the plethora of awards, one of the most highly-anticipated aspects of each year's Game Awards has been the plethora of trailers. The Game Awards' annual show typically features a plethora of new trailers for upcoming games throughout the show, often showcasing major games from some of gaming's biggest developers. 2022's Game Awards saw massive reveals for upcoming games like Death Stranding 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and Hades 2 among others. Now, PlayStation and Xbox fans have good reason to keep an eye on this year's show.
A helpful infographic created by Reddit user baiisun compiles a plethora of data about Game Awards trailers from the past five years of the award show. Both Xbox Studios and Sony Entertainment rank near the top of the featured publishers for new trailers with nine and eight trailers, respectively. The list was led by Electronic Arts, beating out both Sony and Xbox with ten trailers, while the top 5 was rounded out by Final Fantasy developer Square Enix with eight trailers and Focus Entertainment with seven.
Most-Featured Publishers During the Past Five Game Awards
- Electronic Arts, 10 trailers
- Xbox Studios, 9 trailers
- Sony Entertainment, 8 trailers
- Square Enix, 8 trailers
- Focus Entertainment, 7 trailers
The infographic also contains a plethora of other information about the trailers shown throughout previous years' Game Awards. Hellblade 2 ranks as the longest trailer from the past five award shows, clocking in at six minutes and eight seconds during the 2021 Game Awards. The post reveals that 50% of games first shown at the 2022 Game Awards saw their games release within a year of the show. The Game Awards also shows a clear preference towards cinematic trailers, with 38.3% of trailers being purely cinematic and 43.4% as a hybrid of cinematic and gameplay.
Major reveals coming from Microsoft and Sony are already being teased in advance of the annual award show. Microsoft recently hinted at major news from Xbox during the Game Awards that fans "don't want to miss" during the 2023 award ceremony. Fans of Sony are also speculating about a potential new Death Stranding 2 trailer, due to recent posts both from a Death Stranding 2 character artist and Hideo Kojima himself. The Game Awards' plethora of trailers should bring plenty of exciting news for fans on both sides.
- Brand
- Sony
- Original Release Date
- November 12, 2020
- Original MSRP (USD)
- Disc Edition: $499.99; Digital Edition: $399.99
- Storage
- 825 GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
- Processor
- AMD Zen 2, 8-core / 16 threads, 3.5GHz
- Resolution
- Max 8K (4k at 120 Hz playable)
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