02-02-2015, 05:41 PM
First of all, there are surely better jobs than LPing. I mean, aside from all the hard work actually editing the videos, you'd still have to deal with shitbags trying to drag you in the dirt or something. And yes, I know, trolls, but you'd have be really hard to be able to stand against them. Not many can manage.
And, there's also the fact that people nowadays think that, hey, LPs, easy peasy money, so they put all of their own money on something that might not even be worth it at all. It's like trying to sink all your money into making games. I mean, sure, I do hope to one day earn money by making games, but I also do realize the market is oversaturated right now. It's the very same reason why I will probably never make it as an author. Doesn't stop me from still writing novels, but I'm also content with my current job, which isn't anything exciting like game development or anything, but it pays the bills, and I enjoy working there.
But anyway, here's something. Let's Plays have only some effect on Nintendo, and it's not a lot. You see, Let's Plays are great ways to expose a game... if it's not already exposed through heavy advertisements, you know, like what Nintendo does. They have an entire marketing department doing their marketing for them, planning out every step into bringing forth a new product. Do you think those Nintendo Directs just come out of the blue? They were a marketing strategy that actually payed off very well for them. Instead of holding one big press conference to excite your gamers for upcoming releases, why not do it all year? Sure, it's a lesser budget, but it's worked better than the one E3 presentation they had.
You can see this Partnership Program in the same way, it's a sort of experiment, let's just call it a BETA, to see how well this would go, how well it would work into exposing the world to Nintendo. Yes, part of it is received by Nintendo, and part goes to Paypal fees, part goes to Google, part goes to taxes, but the rest is all yours. It sounds like a shitty deal, and yeah, it probably is, but, it's still in BETA. Things can change. I'm not saying they will change, it's more likely they won't, but they can change. If it actually turns out bad for Nintendo, they could basically pull the plug on it or something. It wouldn't affect them either way, because LPs are not the thing that really impacts them as a company. It's free advertisement, yes, but like most things that are free, there either is something to it, or the quality isn't as great, it doesn't deliver as much. Most LPs don't have the finesse, the polish, that advertisements have. Even the trailers of Super Smash Bros. are polished up a lot, and the in-game footage showed in those trailers and commercials actually do show actual in-game footage as it appears in-game.
Now, reviews are a bigger gray area, but I don't think Nintendo is stupid enough to touch those. There'd be a huge shitstorm when that would happen, still not big enough to really doom Nintendo, but enough to make Nintendo bow or something. Reviews are actually something that's part of fair use. Like someone said, reviews only highlight the things that need to be shown. It doesn't spoil the ending, unless it's a really fucking stupid review, it doesn't spoil essentials that people shouldn't be seeing. It's really something Nintendo really shouldn't touch, as it affects the integrity of gaming criticism.
But alas, I'm ranting, and I haven't slept well for a while, so, with that, I'll leave you with one simple thought.
Why did you think Nintendo is starting this partnership? Is it to recoup the losses? And why is Nintendo so bent on bringing us innovation? Who even says they're innovating for our pleasure? No, the real reason Nintendo needs the funds is because they're building Gundams.
And, there's also the fact that people nowadays think that, hey, LPs, easy peasy money, so they put all of their own money on something that might not even be worth it at all. It's like trying to sink all your money into making games. I mean, sure, I do hope to one day earn money by making games, but I also do realize the market is oversaturated right now. It's the very same reason why I will probably never make it as an author. Doesn't stop me from still writing novels, but I'm also content with my current job, which isn't anything exciting like game development or anything, but it pays the bills, and I enjoy working there.
But anyway, here's something. Let's Plays have only some effect on Nintendo, and it's not a lot. You see, Let's Plays are great ways to expose a game... if it's not already exposed through heavy advertisements, you know, like what Nintendo does. They have an entire marketing department doing their marketing for them, planning out every step into bringing forth a new product. Do you think those Nintendo Directs just come out of the blue? They were a marketing strategy that actually payed off very well for them. Instead of holding one big press conference to excite your gamers for upcoming releases, why not do it all year? Sure, it's a lesser budget, but it's worked better than the one E3 presentation they had.
You can see this Partnership Program in the same way, it's a sort of experiment, let's just call it a BETA, to see how well this would go, how well it would work into exposing the world to Nintendo. Yes, part of it is received by Nintendo, and part goes to Paypal fees, part goes to Google, part goes to taxes, but the rest is all yours. It sounds like a shitty deal, and yeah, it probably is, but, it's still in BETA. Things can change. I'm not saying they will change, it's more likely they won't, but they can change. If it actually turns out bad for Nintendo, they could basically pull the plug on it or something. It wouldn't affect them either way, because LPs are not the thing that really impacts them as a company. It's free advertisement, yes, but like most things that are free, there either is something to it, or the quality isn't as great, it doesn't deliver as much. Most LPs don't have the finesse, the polish, that advertisements have. Even the trailers of Super Smash Bros. are polished up a lot, and the in-game footage showed in those trailers and commercials actually do show actual in-game footage as it appears in-game.
Now, reviews are a bigger gray area, but I don't think Nintendo is stupid enough to touch those. There'd be a huge shitstorm when that would happen, still not big enough to really doom Nintendo, but enough to make Nintendo bow or something. Reviews are actually something that's part of fair use. Like someone said, reviews only highlight the things that need to be shown. It doesn't spoil the ending, unless it's a really fucking stupid review, it doesn't spoil essentials that people shouldn't be seeing. It's really something Nintendo really shouldn't touch, as it affects the integrity of gaming criticism.
But alas, I'm ranting, and I haven't slept well for a while, so, with that, I'll leave you with one simple thought.
Why did you think Nintendo is starting this partnership? Is it to recoup the losses? And why is Nintendo so bent on bringing us innovation? Who even says they're innovating for our pleasure? No, the real reason Nintendo needs the funds is because they're building Gundams.