I am honestly stunned by the number of people who make a living off YT and essentially quit their day jobs. Everybody wants to be the next Pewdipie.

I especially don't understand the "let's plays". Over exaggerated reactions to video games and they get millions of views......

Because what's gonna get them is the long term. You can't do this until your retired, because no fame lasts forever. And then what? Your resume will look a little bland to say the least lol

Watching a game is a fundamentally different experience than playing a game for a number of reasons and I've watched full playthroughs of games that I had no intent to ever play. I watched Best Friend's full Beyond: Two Souls playthrough because the game was hilarious and served as a great base for commentary as well as discussion on how the game royally fucked up. I watched Game Grump's full Sonic 06 playthrough because it again was hilarious in a way that I would never experience on my own.

Part of it is the "gaming with friends" experience (theres something infectiously enjoyable about watching two friends getting hyped playing a game) that I never really get and part of it is the humor.

Also, I'm not sure why you think that "big brand companies" have opinions that are worth anything more than someone voicing their opinion on Youtube, but I'd say you are wrong. People like Matthew Matosis, Satchbag, and in some senses TotalBiscuit do a better job discussing and informing about games than any traditional media site I visit.

I love youtube. I use it all the time when I need to find a 'how to' guide of some kind. Like repairing something or using a new item.

Also movie / game trailers.

Do you get this mad over tv channel options too?

If you would have played the game yourself you'd have formed your own opinion and probably seen it isn't so. You'd have spent the same amount of time for a far more enriching experience.

Same amount of time? Sure, but it would have also cost me more money and once again, been a fundamentally different experience. More enriching experience? Highly debatable. I had known for a long time that Beyond wasn't for me, due to the way it plays. Watching the playthrough just highlighted how absolutely broken the story was regardless of what was being said about it...and my goodness was the story broken.

I wont comment on the pros and cons of how the game feels to play of course, but I don't need to personally play the game to see that the story is a mess.

The game's story is very out of this world, but a mess? I don't think so. Some parts were unbelievably good.

The story took several turns into satire level ridiculousness, was jumbled to obfuscate the lack of sense it made, was written terribly, was stuffed with pointless filler, was stuffed with unlikable and bland characters etc.. There were a few sections that were okay in a vacuum, but the whole thing evaluated as a whole was practically the definition of a mess from a writing standpoint.

On top of that are the design decisions which Quantic Dream didn't have the ability to pull off such as the "no game over" idea, which is great in theory but really messed with internal logic due to how badly it was worked into the story.

Well, first, given TV isn't exactly a bastion of quality when it comes to this kind of stuff, it isn't so much about Youtube as it is general human nature. o.O Reality television shows, the shows that involve essentially stalking some celebrity or another, the shows that dramatically document some (sorry) REALLY boring looking jobs, like Truck Drivers or cake decorators or God Knows What... whether it's due to celebrity status, personality

In my case, there's really only one main gaming channel I watch (Markiplier) and that's typically because he plays random Flash games and small indie titles that I've never heard of, and really wouldn't play myself. The only other time I watch things like this is when there is a specific GAME that I myself have played, greatly enjoyed, and want to see others' reactions to and takes on. Kind of like when you've watched Game of Thrones, and you convince a friend to watch it with you, and you're reeeeally curious as to how they react during each gruesome death of a character they adored. =D Bloodborne was the most recent such example; after I finished it, I poked around to watch others' blind Let's Plays and skipped around to specific bosses or areas not because the game itself was what I wanted to watch, but rather because, again, wanted to see the 'NopenopenopenopeNOPE' reaction others shared when snaked suddenly burst through a random dude's head.