Until Dawn Review Thread - Meta: 80

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Areym said:

Samus Aran said:

SubiyaCryolite said:

Aeolus451 said:

Which part?

Several posters have claimed that popular Youtubers like Pewdiepie or Angry Joe have a minimal to nonexistent impact on the sales or exposure of games. Go to most threads around Nintendos YouTube policy, or Angry Joes reaction to his MP10 takedown, or Pewdiepies initial statement on the matter and read through the posts to see for yourself. Of course this is ridiculous because even outlets like the BBC talk about the influence of big time youtubers on the sales and marketting of games.

Nobody is going to buy Until Dawn, a very cinematic game, after they just watched an entire let's play from it.

It can boost sales of other kind of games though, but to tell you the truth I don't want to see the demographic that watches pewdiepie on the Wii U. How anyone can watch more than a minute of his videos is beyond me.

Except for the fact that has multiple endings and where actions make a lasting impact for the remainder of the game, unlike another really popular cinematic-ish game, TWD, where if you watch one play through, you pretty much see them all with very small variations.

It's probably still true though. Even though Until Dawn has more variation built into the the choice system watching a full let's play is more of a disincentive to buying the game than an incentive.