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| Pianomanfreak:
Go to the link http://www.gonintendo.com/s/246192 Also what is your thoughts on it? |
| wiggy:
Call me a grandpa, but the fact that there are some seriously stupid people out there making money simply by talking over game footage on YouTube annoys the shit out of me. So, personally, I can't really feel bad for or care about the 'tubers who are/will be affected by this. Essentially, meh. |
| satoshi_matrix:
Sorry Wiggy, but I will call you a grandpa on this one. I can't take that attitude because I am one of those youtubers. This is just Nintendo being greedy, plain and simple. Unless you're a massive channel like pewdiepie, you ad revenue taken in from a review of a game is well under $5 in 95% of all cases. Nobody gets rich doing this. We do it because we're passionate about gaming and Nintendo. In my opinion, you're essentially giving them free advertising already, and even negative reviews build up public awareness and there are those who will seek bad games deliberately. This already aids Nintendo even before revenue is even on the table. Because of that, I think a 60/40 split is fair, where you keep 60% and Nintendo gets the 40%. Or at the absolute worst, 50/50. But this? 60-70% and they can change that to be whatever they want at any time? That no only is unfair, but actively encourages me not to want to review Nintendo games or even buy them to begin with. The worst part of this is it sets a bad example for other devs. if Nintendo can do this, well what's gonna stop Capcom, Konami, EA, or anyone else? This is terrible for youtube, and terrible for gaming in general. |
| larryinc64:
I just signed up for it. I personally do not mind it. I enjoy making let's plays, but I somewhat agree that the let's players and the gaming companies should share profits. In a let's play, I am using Nintendo's copyrighted characters, music, and other such stuff for MY befit. Nintendo does benefit form exposure, but I doubt Super Mario World or Wind Waker or anything Nintendo really need it, need promotion. People find my videos from Nintendo's IPs, not the other way around. All the games on the list are well known classics. I feel reviews should be exempt, as that is strictly fair use, but Let's Plays are in a bit of a grey area. I think the video maker should get a larger portion. Though I doubt my 15-500 vews per video will rake in too much money, and I'll only do it to content matched videos. I just realized Super Smash Bros, any of them, is not involved with this thing, I submitted my SSB play from New Years and my newest video, Mario Kart: Double Dash. I hope they have no problem with swearing and dick jokes. Games also missing: Mario RPG, Zelda OOT and MM 64, Donkey Kong Country 1 2 3 64, and a few other classics. I see it as a licensing fee for use of Nintendo's music and characters, just as MST3K can't make a riff of just any movie without licensing it, or it being public domain. It won't detour me from playing Nintendo games, because I just love to play them with my friend Matt. We are planning a Zelda thing soon. |
| FritzWhite:
--- Quote from: satoshi_matrix on January 30, 2015, 01:02:31 AM ---I can't take that attitude because I am one of those youtubers. This is just Nintendo being greedy, plain and simple. That no only is unfair, but actively encourages me not to want to review Nintendo games or even buy them to begin with. --- End quote --- Not a big deal at all. It's not your content to begin with. They can do what they want with it and they'll do just fine without your so called advertising. I love Wii U and am looking forward to the new 3DS on their own merits. |
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