I did share the video, but I didn't agree with everything they said. My opinions:
1) They are not taking the videos down; they're trying to find a middle ground where these videos can still stay up. Since Youtube is siding with Nintendo, Nintendo could have nuked Iris and every other LP'er videos, but they didn't. You can still make videos and make fans, you just can't make money.
Yes, which means not making money off of
your commentary, which is the purpose behind the video. Now Nintendo will be making money off of other peoples commentary and personality, which is even more sketchy. This is a two sided thing.
2) Nintendo has stated that they're only going to target LPs with a significant amount of gameplay. As I said; when a video series contains 100% of a Nintendo game with just someone's voice put over it, I find it hard to claim that that person produced the majority of the video. Nintendo designed sprites, game balance, marketing, audio, video, and the Youtuber simply played it and talked through a mic.
I can agree with this if the commentary and editing is of less to no substantial quality. But who said they made the game? They made the video. Video games are not movies. Someone could play the game a lot differently than someone else and have different opinions about it, that is the work of the video maker, and it is their job to make it entertaining for the video. Nintendo is not the one directing the video maker.
Ever watched GMod videos? Source filmmaker videos? They're all almost entirely different for a reason. Valve made the engine for the filmmakers, but they did not produce the videos made around their software.
3) The 23-minute mark brings up a great point: you cannot prove that LPs contribute to Nintendo's sales.
Thats true for a lot advertising, isn't it? Considering Youtube uploads of a game serve the same purpose of a commercial: To spread awareness about the game. Someone with 3 million viewers uploading a positive video about a game will
surely get people interested in it, the same as a popular TV commercial would, just with more context and explanation for the game. What I can say is, a few videos have actually made me buy some games, and my word is solid proof of that. Who is anyone to tell me I'm wrong there?
I can equally claim that LPs lower sales because people watch everything in the game on Youtube, and now don't feel the need to play the game because they've seen all the cutscenes and the ending.
Chances are those people wouldn't have bought the game anyway if they did not want to experience that game for themself. Again: Video games are not movies. I know the ending to MGS4, and I still want to buy it and play it for myself, as compared to me watching a whole movie for free over youtube in terrible quality and never thinking of it again.
And anecdotal evidence is not supported in any American court of law.
That is a different subject entirely that I will not talk about.
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