Over the past couple years, we’ve had the pleasure of working with charity: water in our bundles and the Humble Store.
One of the first bundles to include charity: water was the Humble Weekly Bundle hosted by PewDiePie in 2013. The bundle included games such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Thomas Was Alone, and McPixel and ended up raising $187,000 that went to charity: water.
After the bundle ended, charity: water allocated the money to a variety of projects. These projects were recently completed, and charity: water sent us the results!
Not only does the charity: water website detail completed projects, but it also gives you access to maps (and even coordinates that you can plug into a map on your own!) showing the location of where you helped fund clean water access.
We can’t thank you enough for all of your support, and we hope you’ll enjoy seeing how your money was put into action.
Proud to be part of this. And most of all: THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATED!
So today I thought I’m gonna show my mom some YouTubers that I like and I’m gonna ask her about what they look like. I was choking from laughing.Dan Howell
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“I’m refusing to comment.”
Phil…
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.
internet:
wow pewdiepie is so egotistical he only uses his fans for money
pewdiepie:
*believes he doesn't deserve the fans he has and regularly gives thanks to his viewers for allowing him to do something he loves as a living*
internet:
omg pewdiepie never did a charity livestream he doesn't really care about charity!!!!!! 11! one
pewdiepie:
*instead of doing the ice bucket challenge he talked about ALS and donated $1,000. also has done several events before-hand for charity and becomes upset when media cares more about the money he makes than the amount him and his fans have donated to charities*
internet:
wow he's the most subscribed channel and his videos are the same quality as everyone else he's obviously not taking youtube seriously
pewdiepie:
*does every video himself including editing with no form of high-end editing setup. also has a LIFE and cannot sit at his computer 24/7 editing videos at lightning speed*
internet:
pewds is so offensive he makes rape jokes!!!
pewdiepie:
*made several rape jokes in his earlier youtube days which he has previously apologized for and has not made another joke like that since. yes wow it's possible for people to become aware of current problems and change their thinking!!*
internet:
wow pewds is so immature just cussing and lame jokes all his fans must be 12-year-old little boys
pewdiepie:
*understands that people have different taste in humor and is not bothered by the fact some do not like his material. has fans all over the world INCLUDING SINGAPORE and age demographic ranges from roughly 12-25 years*
An idea that I may or may not go forward with, but I wanted to see what you bros would think.
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.
gross
what the fuck?
