firebush03 said:
Hey all. Do any of you watch Arlo? I’ve been keeping up with him, well, the days leading up to Switch 1’s launch. Recently though I really have begun to notice a shift in his content… anyone else notice this?
I really started noticing issues when he was making tons of videos discussing how Switch 2 is having a rough Holiday quarter (the quarter which saw over 7mil units ship WW), and recently I feel lkke it’s just been one concern post after another— just the other day, he posted about how worried he is that there may not be another Nintendo Direct for a very long time.
I can’t even watch him anymore. Just hoping this is a weird little phase of his.
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You never want your channel to just be an echo chamber, even if your channel is platform-centric. Need to cover the good and the bad, but I do agree that Arlo has taken it a bit far recently. He put out positive videos of Pokémon Winds/Waves and Kirby Air Riders, but then he's been posting videos that don't really have much to do with the games.
One of which was about Nintendo's stock going down 33% and I'm like.....when did you ever start covering company stock prices? There was also a video of him saying that Nintendo needs to do better in 2026, and also that Nintendo is in for a rough year because of the Yen being weak, cost of living, shortages, etc. Stuff that doesn't have anything to do with games or unconstructive criticism.
Those kinds of videos seem purely made for engagement purposes and seems to be working unfortunately. His most viewed video in the past few months is simply titled "uh oh...." with the thumbnail being very doom and gloom inspired for Nintendo lol.