/tg/Station 13

Complain about all of the stupid marketing shit that the companies are forcing more and more with youtube before you know it there will no longer be any true gamer youtube channels just people paid to play something but never give true critique about games.

I dont say unite or anything only this. Think before you click. Every click you make onto the wrong channels will add up to the construction of this shitty practise.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... aid-Social
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/20 ... p-in-arms/

Tl;Dr for those who can't be bothered to read it:

Marketing a shit
Contracts with terms an EA lawyer on meth would come up with
And youtubers going full retard

Oh fun.

Summed up better:

"If you want an early copy of our game, you have to put up positive videos that persuade your viewers to buy it and cover these aspects of the game our marketing team want you to focus on. Oh and we get to review your video video before you publish it and shut it down if we don't like it"

"Oh, and we are going to dmca all videos that include game content that haven't signed this agreement"

I'm not a fan of Total Biscuit but at least the fucker doesn't do this shit.

I don't want him to be the only legitimate criticism aside from Matthew "Bi-Yearly Release" Matosis

woooh dicksquad!

It's a shame, but like all things you have to do your own research.

Never buy on release, never buy before it's even come out.

Be careful around alphas etc.

Find youtubers you feel you can trust, I like to find smaller channels, less likely to be doing paid deals. TB has standards etc.

As always Caveat emptor
Buyer beware

MrStonedOne wrote:Oh fun.

Summed up better:

"If you want an early copy of our game, you have to put up positive videos that persuade your viewers to buy it and cover these aspects of the game our marketing team want you to focus on. Oh and we get to review your video video before you publish it and shut it down if we don't like it"

"Oh, and we are going to dmca all videos that include game content that haven't signed this agreement"

They used to do this shit all the time with magazines. "Oh you want a review copy of our game? Ok, sure, but if it's not positive, you're not getting another review copy. Ever." They still do it with online review sites like IGN and Gamspot. By "they" I mean most AAA publishers. Activision and EA in particular are known for doing this kind of shit. Extending this kind of control to Youtube is only natural.

Yeah, why is anyone surprised at this?
it's literally always been the case.