A New Take On the AJ/Nintendo Incident

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Mr Khan said:

thismeintiel said:
Meh, just the standard "I have to say this policy is foolish, but in the same breath say we need to all just go along with it" vid that some Nintendo fans are putting out recently. They're just hurting Nintendo in the long run and helping them remain in their pre-Youtube thinking.

They should be embracing Youtube as the free advertising it is, like every other game company has. Hell, if you have a worse policy than EA, you know something is seriously wrong. And it will be part of their undoing next gen if it continues.

I'd still like to see some proof that this has market impact beyond forum-goers getting another chance to bitch about Nintendo.

Well I could try to really stretch it with a theory that I just made up:

YouTube let's plays and gaming videos are a huge medium for the youngest generation. This policy could result in less coverage of Nintendo games by both large and small channels; meaning less interest from youngest generation. Small Nintendo channels may shift to other platforms to replace or coincide with their Nintendo content and/or disappear all together (which I have seen), resulting in less content. Large channels may choose to not show any Nintendo content to receive maximum revenue. Influential YouTubers like PewDiePie who speak out against the policy could influence young children into developing a disinterest in Nintendo (it's a stretch but extreme fans could be influenced by PDP's views). Future YouTubers may decide not to show Nintendo content since they will receive >10% of ad revenue for those videos. All of the above prevents Nintendo from having as big of an impact they could have on the developing generation.

That's all I got lol. I have no direct evidence whether or not the younger generation is less interested in Nintendo than older folks were when growing up. I feel like Nintendo will always have an in to the youngest generation with handhelds though.