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Aeolus451 on 04 April 2015
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sc94597 said:
Aeolus451 said:
sc94597 said:
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You're just showing that people have watched youtube videos about video games. I'm asking if it's exists, to show that people watch youtube vids and let's plays in order to see the story of a game without having to buy or rent the game.

So all 300k views for MGS: Twin Snakes, a game that sold 470k, are from people who played/own the game? Obviously a certain percentage of said views are from people who don't own the game. Especially since that is only one youtube video. 

As an example, let's say that you never played the original Halo on the xbox but you watched someone play the entire game in a Let's play video, would you say that you played the game or that you experienced the game fully? It's not the same as a movie.

Doesn't matter if they didn't own the game. I wonder how many bought the game after seeing the vid. How many didn't because of the vid.  How many of those only saw 2 mins of it and then left the page because of boredom or disinterest. They don't have to watch the entire vid in order for it to be considered a "view". No one stole the experience of playing it.

I never said you get the full experience. I said that one can experience the best parts (which matter to them) of certain games that they intended to buy without buying them and then they can change their opinion about buyign the game. It wasn't like the cutscene was free to make, yet somebody still gets to experience said cutscene free of charge. I experienced the parts of Halo 4 that I wanted to experience - the story, and I didn't have to buy the game. That in my opinion, is partial IP damage on the part of the content distributor (I don't consider piracy theft I consider it property damage, for example.) I don't think people should complain when they can't get away with it. 


To each their own on that. I believe that if someone sees huge portions or mere minutes of game then it's like advertising. Doesn't mean that everyone who sees it will want to buy the game but it does help sales some. If the game is good then those vids should really help sales. Advertisers get paid though. Youtubers are basically the same thing and should be able to make money off of advertising a company's product. Consumers shouldn't pay money to see those advertisments.