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SvennoJ on 05 April 2017
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VGPolyglot said:
SvennoJ said:

It has? Maybe for some and unfortunately it seems my kids are infected too. When they're playing BotW at every point they say now this is going to happen and then Blitzwinger or whoever did this here and DanTDM beat the boss with such and such. Why do you even bother to play the game...

I understand wanting to show some cool moments, ingenious solutions or other random things happening. I've uploaded plenty videos myself too. Yet watching a game stream from start to finish just seems silly to me.

Actually, you know what. It's not too different from game rentals. There were many people who rented games without buying them to test and see if they'd like them, much in the same way that they do with videos nowadays.

 

VGPolyglot said:
deskpro2k3 said:

This is not an Atlus thing, it's a Japanese thing. I'm pretty sure Atlus USA has no problem if people stream Persona 5. In fact I'm 100% sure. Unfortunately Atlus USA has to follow what Atlus Japan tells them.

Which makes sense, considering that game rentals were allowed in the US but not in Japan. Here we have more of a "try before you buy" mentality, so that's probably why Atlus USA are more acceptable towards them than Atlus Japan.

First of all, watching a video is a poor replacement of game rentals, which you can still do btw. (At least where I live)
You could rent videogames in Japan as well yet rampant piracy ruined it and rentals were banned in 1984.

Dunno why US companies are less willing to enforce copyright. Perhaps they don't see the point, enjoy the free advertising, or are afraid of backlash. Perhaps they just see it as a nice opportunity to collect your personal preferences and send you targeted ads :)