06-30-2013
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Professional Burger
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Should making money off of Lets Plays be banned?
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Nintendo's decision to take revenue from all lets plays featuring their games. Many people hate this decision and say that it will take away a colossal amount of free advertisement from Nintendo, since Lets Plays of their games can encourage others to buy Nintendo games. I think these people are forgetting that it is just the revenue Nintendo is banning. Seriously, do you think that people like this should make millions of dollars a year just for talking while playing a game? Sure, some people might consider these Lets Players as comedians but they are directly using other people's assets as a source for their comedy.... to me its sort of like tracing someone else's comic and adding your own text in the bubbles.
Last edited by Pimpsy G.; 06-30-2013 at 05:49 PM.
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07-01-2013
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Sweden
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no @ op. i've been watching game grumps since day 1 and it's been an excellent source of entertainment. if they play a nintendo game, it's free exposure in front of 1m+ subs. if people want to watch it then that's that, even that ******ed ****head pewdie******. |
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Enguard & Alumni
Join Date: Sep 2011
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No, that's basically free advertising. There's no reason to be butthurt that they might make a little money off of it as long as it is giving your product or brand some attention. It's not like they're taking money away from you, it's just that they're making their own money.
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Should be fixed.
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Youtube would be a very boring place for me if all publishers/games took this route. I can understand not allowing people to upload say... just vgm music and getting money from absolutely nothing but uploading a file. However, while Nintendo may have made the game, I'm not watching a video to experience the game--I'm watching it to experience whatever qualities the commentator brings to their playthrough. |