Knuckles Dawson of Achievement Hunter just tweeted that Sam Fisher will get his goggles back in Splinter Cell: Conviction.  Here's the tweet.
 
What will happen to the bet?  Does Vinny win?  Or are they waiting for actual in-game footage?

So.....The plot thickens...

They said on the Bombcast that the bet will be settled once the full retail game is out

Bet, who cares :P Goggles = awesome. Can't wait to play this :D

I think Vinny may win this one, I think Ryan made the bet but didn't want to back down from his word, but you never know.

what are the stakes again?

Those stakes sound boring....it should me much more creative....i cant think of anything creative sadly. Hmm but Vinny has this one in the pocket...I mean its a splinter cell game?!!

" @Akeldama: Just money, 50 bucks I think. It should of been something better like Dave and Jeff's bet. "

Uh-oh, bad news for Ryan. Honestly, he even saw his flaws later that there has to be some goggles in the new game, no matter what. This is almost confirming it; we have to wait for the real game to come out to officially settle it.

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" @Akeldama: Just money, 50 bucks I think. It should of been something better like Dave and Jeff's bet. "

yea man that gin drinking video was one of my favs on the site. "

He just up and took a swig like it was nothing in the GinJeff vid, I doubt a whole bottle would kill him.

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" @Dethfish77 said:

" @Akeldama: Just money, 50 bucks I think. It should of been something better like Dave and Jeff's bet. "

yea man that gin drinking video was one of my favs on the site. "

They need to have a video where Ryan (because we all know he's going to lose) either pays Vinny $50 or downs the whole bottle of gin. I think he could do it. "

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" @Dethfish77 said:

" @Akeldama: Just money, 50 bucks I think. It should of been something better like Dave and Jeff's bet. "

yea man that gin drinking video was one of my favs on the site. "

They need to have a video where Ryan (because we all know he's going to lose) either pays Vinny $50 or downs the whole bottle of gin. I think he could do it. "

dude, Yes. He needs to chug that all in one shot.  "

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" @Dethfish77 said:

" @Akeldama: Just money, 50 bucks I think. It should of been something better like Dave and Jeff's bet. "

yea man that gin drinking video was one of my favs on the site. "

They need to have a video where Ryan (because we all know he's going to lose) either pays Vinny $50 or downs the whole bottle of gin. I think he could do it. "

dude, Yes. He needs to chug that all in one shot.  "

That would be pretty bad ass, especially after seeing Jeff's reaction. "

well they confirmed it on video in the panel they had at PAX tonight

To prove it, he showed a very brief video clip (which we were not allowed to film) of Fisher in action, green-tinted goggles firmly affixed to his head. The clip showed Fisher creeping toward a building across an outdoor area and taking cover behind a crate. Then, the familiar high-pitched whine of the night-vision goggles snapped on, and the scene turned to a washed-out semi-wireframe view. And with that, the clip was over. Just enough for Ubisoft to prove that Fisher still has access to the gadget that helped define the series.

I thought it was pretty obvious Vinny was gonna win. You can't have Splinter Cell without night vision goggles.

Listen to the Bombcast a couple episodes back; Ryan made it quite obvious that he's not so sure about the bet anymore. Actually, he's repeatedly made an effort to get Vinny in on a new "double or nothing" bet, because he knows he's going to lose this one.

"Listen to the Bombcast a couple episodes back; Ryan made it quite obvious that he's not so sure about the bet anymore. Actually, he's repeatedly made an effort to get Vinny in on a new "double or nothing" bet, because he knows he's going to lose this one. "

I posted this first. :) See last posts in other threads.

"@Kazona said:

"Listen to the Bombcast a couple episodes back; Ryan made it quite obvious that he's not so sure about the bet anymore. Actually, he's repeatedly made an effort to get Vinny in on a new "double or nothing" bet, because he knows he's going to lose this one. "

Didn't they also agree to drag out the bet until they play through the game, a few podcasts back? "

Um well
 
The goggles will not work the same way they did before and that means they don't work like classic NVG goggles.

Vinny wins! Vinny wins!

" @Akeldama: Just money, 50 bucks I think. It should of been something better like Dave and Jeff's bet. "

Well here it is. 
 
Sam Fisher is sporting some very lovely head gear in this vid from TGS. 
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/902604/tom-clancys-splinter-cell-conviction/videos/tgs09_spintercell_trl_washdc_092309.html 
 

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" They said on the Bombcast that the bet will be settled once the full retail game is out "

" I never said the bet was settled, just the matter of the sonar goggles. "

I'm not sure how I feel about the potential sonar goggle loophole in this wager. If they end up giving Sam straight-up night-vision goggles at some point, I'll gladly pay Vinny his $50, but if this is how they get around actually giving him NVGs, I probably won't make Vinny pay up.
 
Probably.

my guess is d-pad left toggles night-vision | d-pad right toggles sonar (later in the game).
 
"We've upgraded your goggles Sam"
 
That or night-vision flashback/intro.
 
all guesses, but man this is fun.

" @warxsnake: Everything I heard on the bombcast was still speculation. Nothing was settled. "

"That or night-vision flashback/intro."

Changing the night vision to sonar is a logical step that many core gameplay mechanics in other franchises take part in anyways, and the most important part of the whole goggles thing is the 3 lights and possibly the sound, which I won't even try to spell out... 
 
Pe-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeee? 
 
Anyhoo the shift is that your advantage in this game goes from night vision like before to the fast take down stuff you can do when stealthily taking badies out ahead of time. 
 
Also, the original goggles are heat and night vision so does anyone know if the sonar goggles have a dual function at some point also?