Why Do Publishers Hate Let's Players?

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    • Why Do Publishers Hate Let's Players?

      As you may have noticed publishers have really been cracking down on Youtube creators such as Capcom, Microsoft, Activision blocking the recording of games in their latest portfolio. I don't really see how they gain to benefit from that seeing as it is free advertisement like everyone says. I think 9/10 a viewer who watches a playthrough goes out and buys a copy themselves. It just baffles me as it lessens the advertising on certain games through the gaming community itself.
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      Its just because they are moneyhungry people and don't want other people to make money off it through YouTube and such while they provide free advertisements for the specific games and such.

      They are just getting stupid and reminds me to stick with Indie/Doujin games actually.



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    • Cirno wrote:

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      No more cod sounds WAY too good to be true

      Oh well , then they will find another game to polute. actually better that those idiots stick with CoD. Shit franchise anyway nowadays , although I loved the older ones.
      Well, gotta agree with that. world at war and anything before it is pretty darn good.

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    • Lesser known publishers (such as Quantic Dream) don't seem to mind so much, I haven't heard of ONE single instance in which they've copyrighted anyone so let's play Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain and Two Souls (when it's released) would hopefully be safe but I'm also thinking of switching to indie games soon. Copyright sucks BIG time.
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    • Cirno is correcto. The older (First 2) CoD games were unicorn tits.

      ... And that those Publishers (Especially meekrosoft) are moneyhungry germs that get butthurt when a neckbeard tries to make a living off of their content. OH NO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD?!

      And when you add a dash of logic to the mix, you get free advertising. Indie devs LOVE to get LPed, as it actually boosts their games popularity (*cough Slender *cough).

      So logically, indie games being LPed are the downfall of Microsoft. So I'd enjoy my indie games while they're still there...

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      wulfsok wrote:


      Cirno is correcto. The older (First 2) CoD games were unicorn tits.

      ... And that those Publishers (Especially meekrosoft) are moneyhungry germs that get butthurt when a neckbeard tries to make a living off of their content. OH NO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD?!

      And when you add a dash of logic to the mix, you get free advertising. Indie devs LOVE to get LPed, as it actually boosts their games popularity (*cough Slender *cough).

      So logically, indie games being LPed are the downfall of Microsoft. So I'd enjoy my indie games while they're still there...


      Yeah, I don't really see how LP's would harm a company. Perhaps they want to shell out their own youtube content and attract views toward their own money making channels? Or maybe they don't trust the ability of most Youtubers out there to represent their game in a way that isn't totally obnoxious (Ashamed of their fan bases?).. I don't have the slightest clue.

      Indie dev's have to love Let's Players. Free advertising. WOO!. It's sort of a mutually benefiting relationship. We get benefits for playing and putting in the work to edit videos, and they get benefits by having us play and make videos.

      Sometimes I wonder how much Amnesia's popularity and success has increased due to Pewdiepie. He's definitely a big reason why I personally became interested in the game.

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    • Good point. I guess it's like parking a domain:

      You bid for a seemingly worthless spot of dirt, then cash in when people take interest. It's how google got to make so much money... Everyone was already using it by the time they started charging for shit.

      The problem here is, not only have they missed the bus, the bus stop was torn down and replaced with a porn shop.

    • Why do people think I will possibly only Touhou games on my channel?

      Because the developer ZUN fucking loves it in any way as it only helps Touhou to get more known to people, not only that , he loves to see people love his game that much that they make fanbased work and such and he isn't butthurt about it. The only thing he told is that if you want to make a game about Touhou and sell it , that you have to contact him first to get some shizzle straight. But he wouldn't take that big cut as he is making loads with the main franchise and appreciates every little thing made.



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