fps_d0minat0r said:
The impact of this he makes it sound catastrophic, but all that would change is that there would still be plenty of reviews, they just wouldnt be done with the motive of financial gain. I really dont think having movie quality audio and video matters in a review. The cheap equipment hobbyists buy to make videos just for fun are more than good enough, while their quality of reviews are actually better than those who seek targets to make money and skew their content accordingly e.g. the CPM deals. Once again, its hard to tell whether someone who looks like a hobbyist is actually making moeny from their video or not, but assuming a world where there was no option to make money, PLENTY of good reviewers would still be out there making quality reviews. |
The point is that a ton of quality and content would be lost with the money, your AngryJoes, Rev3s and Totalbiscuits all couldn't do what they do if they didn't make money with this stuff.
Cut out the money and you're left with a very bleak picture and if you actually believe that isn't the case then I can't help but call you naive. Do you really want to go back to the days of teenagers making videos in their bedrooms being the majority of Youtube content? Cause that's what you get when there is no more money involved in the whole business.
Of course there would still be people left that review games but not only would they be far fewer but the reviews would also be of lower quality (as in production value) and we probably would hardly be getting reviews before games actually release.
