| DerNebel said: No I did not only present only one article, I presented one article and several other games as examples which apparently simply didn't fit your agenda. And I can't help you if you aren't willing to use the slightest bit of logic here and see the connection between the uptake of a certain game by a huge Youtuber and a spike in its demand. Also what in the world is the bolded even supposed to mean, since when is advertisement done for free? And how about instead of talking about me giving proof for something that should be deductable via logic, how about you give me proof for the sales to billboard view correlation that you apparently simply lying around? Finally let me try a little mind experiment here: What do you think is better word of mouth? 1. Someone telling his 10 friends about this awesome game he's been playing 2. A person on Youtube with 30mil+ subscriber base telling that base about this awesome game he's playing and showing them this game? Don't rush your answer, really think about this. Yup, they are getting destroyed by the PS4, which is also using Youtube as a promotion platform as well as Youtubers. What about EA? Is the biggest third party publisher in the world also getting destroyed? |
Yawn advertisement is done for free if you do it with out any agreement, why should you get paid for their product if you weren't asked to do it? That's why the whole argument is nothing more then BS as to why they should be paid, they should just come out and admit it's all about the money and they're upset that the games that could pull in the most views won't be monetized. Again I see the potential in it but I don't buy that all those views translate to sales like you're trying to sell, you yourself are refusing to acknowledge this flaw because it's your own agenda.
The YT may speak to more people but then that's ignoring factors and here is how you're struggling to understand the factors in play, that person can tells 10 of their friends and 7 of them buy the game, on a YT channel of that 30m subs 100k may watch the video with non of them ending up buying the game, a number of views on a video are also repeat views from the same users. Some users also don't tune into these videos for the games but just for the personality playing them like a number of YTs play a game throwing around crude humour or just plain raging which some just tune in solely for that. These are some of the factors in why I don't buy the advertisment excuse when it's thrown around, I can see the potential but I think we're still a way off until YT can rival traditional marketing.
EA have been the third biggest publisher long before YT but guess who the biggest publisher are, Nintendo, you know the guys who don't do what you're saying go figure.
