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Nintendo recently started implementing so that half the ad revenue generated from YouTube videos featuring their titles, would go to them. Link

First off all, they have every right to do this and any other developer / publisher have as well. There’d be no “let’s play” without the game to play. And we (YouTubers) are humble to this fact. 

But what they are missing out on completely is the free exposure and publicity that they get from YouTube / YouTubers. What better way to sell / market a game, than from watching someone else (that you like) playing it and enjoying themselves?

This is why a tiny one man indie game like Minecraft could grow into a 2.5 billion dollar deal. That’s 2.5 billion… Made possible, largely because of the exposure it got from YouTube!

If I played a Nintendo game on my channel. Most likely most of the views / ad revenue would come from the fact that my viewers are subscribed to me. Not necessarily because they want to watch a Nintendo game in particular. 

Yes, there are exceptions of YouTube channels that uploads day 1 release of a game, 50 parts just to milk views off YouTube. That’s more of a problem for YouTube than Nintendo.

I also think this is a slap in the face to the YouTube channels that does focus on Nintendo game exclusively. The people who have helped and showed passion for Nintendo’s community are the ones left in the dirt the most.

And finally, when there’s just so many games out there to play. Nintendo games just went to the bottom of that list. Even if more publishers starts implementing this idea of sharing revenue. Then fine, there’s always going to be plenty of games out there, ready to become the next “Mienkraft” - Sounds cheesy, but it’s true.

So, you should reconsider this decision Nintendo.  (◕‿◕✿)

Added note: I’ll still play Nintendo games that I want to play on my channel as usual. I’m lucky to be in a situation where losing ad revenue on a few videos wont matter. However, many people on YouTube are not in that situation. 

Everyone loses in this scenario that Nintendo has created, that’s why I’m against it.

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Some articles to maybe further my case:

How PewDiePie fired Skate 3 back into the charts 

Gmod sales increase, greatly thanks to YouTuber influence

An article that show how YouTuber influence directly affected sales.

Totalbiscuit explains more in depth why this is a bad idea: Here

So I made the decision to turn comments off on my videos. You can see why here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_hHKlEZ9Go&list=UU-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw

I noticed today while messing with the settings in YouTube that you can invite certain type of people to comment on the video and block out others.

I was thinking we could set up a PayPal and anyone who donates more than $1 will get invited to this group and will be able to comment as normal. 

I’m not looking to make this into a thing where I’m just taking money. So all the money would go toward charity. 

It might be hell to setup and if many bros donate, well.. I’d have to hire someone to do all this work of invitation etc for me. 

So before I go further I wanted to check with you bros if you think its a good idea or not.

You can vote here: http://strawpoll.me/2456238

Thanks for participating! 

*brofist*

Edit: I found some more negative reasons:

1. Not everyone has a PayPal.

2. Taking money to PayPal is risky and even though I would be 100% transparent, some people might think I’m just taking the money. (Which anyone who knows me, know I would never do).

3. It’s probably too complicated to actually work. It sounds good on paper but, yeah… Ill probably wont pursue this unfortunately.