Fez Creator: YouTubers Are "Stealing" Content From Game Developers

[Vykrel]

honestly, its just free advertising. the reason people are allowed to post gameplay videos without the risk of violating copyright is because they arent uploading the full experience. you cant get everything out of a game if you are just watching it.

never have i seen videos of a game a really wanted to play, only to go, "well, i guess i dont have any reason to play it now".

the only time gameplay videos turn me off of purchasing a game is if they dont look fun to play. ive watched full walkthroughs of story driven games, but if those videos didnt exist, i sure as hell wouldnt have bothered to buy the games, as the gameplay didnt entice me.

 

[TristanBelmont]

Awwwwwwww, the little man is sad he's not making any more money. What an idiot.
You know, the saddest thing is that even if they started this he wouldn't get any money. Nobody is playing that terrible game of his.

 

[FFMaster]

Phil, it's the people making the videos that draw the viewers. Not the games.

This has been said a lot of times, and called out every time because its utter bollocks. Its a mix of the two. You might have people go to a certain celeb beasue of the celeb, but the game does influence the amount of views a video gets.

Look at TB's vids, Watchdogs 850k views, Wolfenstein 500k, Fistful of Frags 250k

Lets face it you had to look one of those games up on Wikipedia, its also the one with the lowest views despite being one of his older videos. You will find a similar situation with other video creators and the games they cover. And the one with the biggest marketing push and the bigger release of the year, lots more views.

So this kinda shows that the game is a very big factor in the draw in a lot of cases, so stop making the BS argument that its not.