Atlus Update And Apologise For Overly Strict Persona 5 Streaming Policy

Persona 5 is by almost all accounts a simply incredible game, but it was one that Atlus were practically adamant you had to experience for yourself. Streamers were threatened with content ID claims and strikes on their account if they streamed footage from after 7th July in game.

This was Atlus’ attempt to try and limit the number of spoilers online for those yet to play the game, but frankly barmy when you consider that the game had been out in Japan since last September. The spoilers are already out there, just perhaps not in video form. However, credit where it’s due, Atlus have listened to their fans and stepped back their restrictive approach to streaming. You can now stream up until 19th November, when the story gears up for the final act, which will still preserve much of their original intent.

They said:

We also want to apologize to those of you who saw the previous guidelines blog post as threatening. We want to be transparent about what we do, and the reason we released the guidelines was to give streamers the right information up front. It was never our intention to threaten people with copyright strikes, but we clearly chose the wrong tone for how to communicate this.

Lastly, we want to thank our fans around the world for supporting Persona 5 and ATLUS. The game is a global success because of your passion for the series, and we’re happy that so many of you are enjoying it.

Source: Atlus

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2017/04/27/atlus-update-and-apologise-for-overly-strict-persona-5-streaming-policy/

They make fantastic games.... thats all they need to do.
Their streaming policies isnt going to help sales, its just bad PR, which they shouldnt have done.

Well, it still doesn't make sense. If you're watching a stream, you must already know you're going to encounter spoilers of some sort. If not, you must be really, really dumb, and you deserve to be spoiled. I agree that spoilers can be a problem, but this is a really bad way to try to fight them.

That said, this is slightly less stupid than before.

NOW I'll consider getting it. Need to reward companies for making good moves, after all.

Personally, couldnt care less for it.Sure that from a business point of view, its bad PR.But as long as the game is good, Im picking it.

If there is something i would never ever understand in my whole life is how somebody can pass on a masterpiece they want just because the youtube/streaming policies of the company are bad, is way beyond me, one of those modern problems that makes no sense.

If only I could use the share button now...