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Google reveals most watched games in Youtube history.
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Stiler
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andrerobot
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GTA? her?
Stilton Disco
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Nothing surprising there for me bar P&D.
These are the big, mega popular, casual market franchises that children and teens love. The list may have well have been 'the top ten mainstream games'.
And Nintendo really need to stop being such petty wankers over YouTube. Trying to control everything is just making them irrelevant to the audience they most want.
These are the big, mega popular, casual market franchises that children and teens love. The list may have well have been 'the top ten mainstream games'.
And Nintendo really need to stop being such petty wankers over YouTube. Trying to control everything is just making them irrelevant to the audience they most want.
PetriP-TNT
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Not really surprised by PAD if they're counting Murai and Kosuke's streaming videos in the view count, between the 2 of them they should easily hold like 70% of all the PAD view counts. Their videos average like 300k views and they put them out at industrial quantities (it's literally their day job, their company virtually handles all of PAD's community management in Japan).
I'll sometimes watch a video of someone else clearing a dungeon before trying it myself, especially if it's my first time running it with that team or the online resources aren't very clear on how a particular boss' gimmick works. I also watch videos of people clearing hard dungeons with gimmicky teams, like farmable teams or leading with Lucifer (with the video speed up to 10x... and it's still 20 mins long).
I'll sometimes watch a video of someone else clearing a dungeon before trying it myself, especially if it's my first time running it with that team or the online resources aren't very clear on how a particular boss' gimmick works. I also watch videos of people clearing hard dungeons with gimmicky teams, like farmable teams or leading with Lucifer (with the video speed up to 10x... and it's still 20 mins long).
No they aren't... These are just the franchises that are video friendly... Well, mostly. The only traditional franchises here are GTA, Call of Duty, and FIFA. Everything else besides Puzzle & Dragons is MOBA or originally from an Indie. Heck, FNAF isn't even a year old.
Minecraft, Garry's Mod, and the Sims allow for creative endeavors, so it's people showing off something creative in a video. FNAF is scare cam stuff, naturally. LoL and DOTA 2 are the biggest forces in eSports and video friendly. The rest are probably working on the same sort of principles of either creativity with mods or showing off tips for eSports.
FNAF and Garrys mod aside (they are as you said, just video friendly) these are absolutely among the list for current "most popular video games" in general.
WoW is missing, some mobile games could be. But such a top 10 list is very likely to have LOL, DOTA, FIFA, COD, the Sims, GTA, P&D and minecraft on it. Though the sims might have fallen off a bit. Them not being "traditional" video games makes no difference here. The retail space isn't the (only) center of the gaming world anymore.
For those curious, it's Japan and other regions in Asia driving Puzzles & Dragons onto that list. Mobile gaming is huge there, and many creators record/stream themselves beating hard levels in super-clever ways.
Five Nights at Freddy's is pretty crazy to see on this list. Middle-school aged kids can't get enough..
(Disclaimer: I work at YouTube on gaming.)
Five Nights at Freddy's is pretty crazy to see on this list. Middle-school aged kids can't get enough..
(Disclaimer: I work at YouTube on gaming.)
Auto-Reply
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While he has become more and more like that, 'a screamer' (he wasn't at the start of his "youtube carreer"), I have to give him credit for actually mastering Five Nights at Freddys on the highest difficulty, all of them. Which is as impressive to me as it is insane
I dropped the game but I'm still watching Max Murai PAD videos. It's actually fun.
Crimsonclaw111
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It's the eye of the spiiiiiderrrrrrr.
RipperGrim
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Surprised Slender isn't on there, it was the Five Night at Freddy's before Five Night at Freddy's was a thing.
Fuck, I'm getting old...
I play video games since 1987, and only played 3 games out of this list (GTA, COD and FIFA).
I know League of Legends and Dota by name, but I have no idea what these games are about.
And I have never even heard of GarryÂ’s Mod or Five Nights at FreddyÂ’s.
I play video games since 1987, and only played 3 games out of this list (GTA, COD and FIFA).
I know League of Legends and Dota by name, but I have no idea what these games are about.
And I have never even heard of GarryÂ’s Mod or Five Nights at FreddyÂ’s.
Messofanego
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This is the most recent result. You shouldn't be surprised at Friday Night at Freddy's especially because it has been releasing game sequels over a whole year so able to gain views consistently from Youtubers. It's chock full of jump scares and since you can't move then it's perfect for reaction videos. Maybe in a year or so it'll be off the list like Amnesia and Slender.
I'm interested in how the YouTube scene is over Sims. Anyone know?
I'm interested in how the YouTube scene is over Sims. Anyone know?
Sir_Crocodile
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I know I'm getting old when nothing in that top ten interests me remotely
I see the appeal in Freddy's. People who like watching other people get scared, and people who are interested in the series but too scared to play the games by themselves
maquiladora
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Top 5 is pretty much what I expected.
Okay, maybe someone can answer this for me. I'm constantly seeing gameplay footage with nothing special about it (mostly Mario games) with millions of views and a huge chunk of dislikes. What's the deal?
SliceSabre
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I do not understand how someone can sit and watch Puzzles and Dragons. Like...what? The rest are reasonable.
I feel the same way about Minecraft.
Nintendo fans are too busy playing the games rather than watching them. (￣ω￣
Haunted
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twitch is more esports heavy. Lol and Dota 2 absolutely dominate. Hearthstone and CS would probably make an appearance, typical YouTube reaction games like FNAF would never make the list.
bigbaldwolf86
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I know FNaF is popular but that's impressive that it's on the list. P&D is a strange one though. I wouldn't have thought that would have a big presence on Youtube.
http://gamasutra.com/blogs/NicolasC...ysis_Top_20_Games_on_Twitch_in_March_2015.php
Twitch march top 20.
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This thread is pretty entertaining, just by how out of touch some users are and how they realise it.
The only thing that's interesting in the grand scheme of things is the dominanace of PC games in both services.
Except Smash and Mario Kart 8 I'd say, which have quite large user bases and - or so I'd thought - active communities on Youtube. Perhaps not though.
Or how about the upcoming Splatoon?
Splatoon especially might become quite a hit on Youtube if Nintendo plays its cards right. It has all the right ingredients: near universal appeal, cool character designs and quite unique core gameplay (the painting, not the shooting), accessible multiplayer gameplay that allows for a high level of mastery, a focus on customisation of your character and slight RPG (and collecting) elements in the form of your gear's stats, the presence of special events centered around team rivalry, the fact that it will be getting regular new content through free updates, Amiibo support, etc.
It might not be as innovative as Minecraft was, or as e-sporty as something like Dota, but it might appeal to anyone looking to play a cool, colorful multiplayer action game. I'm very curious how this game will do in sales and especially in terms of building a presence on Youtube as a community-driven game.
Maybe it's number 11...(it should be!)
Yep, me too, though I'm amazed I at least know of all the games featured here even if I wouldn't play most of them myself anymore.
Pretty shocked at Freddy's honestly... Only recently have I even heard about it and seen it gain a pretty big following. It still feels like a very, very niche thing and yet it's in the top 10? Incredible...
Oh hey Nintendo... too bad you can't be placing anywhere on this list since you have such anti-youtube sentiment. Sucks to be left in the dust eh?
Oh hey Nintendo... too bad you can't be placing anywhere on this list since you have such anti-youtube sentiment. Sucks to be left in the dust eh?
jts
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Left in the dust like any other console exclusive.
0 chance they could make it, regardless of Youtube policies.
Haunted
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I'd say that Nintendo's monetization policies on YouTube are working directly against the reach of their IPs on the site. They seem to value control and a share of the profits over the word of mouth and eyeballs popular YouTubers bring.
That said, maybe there are other reasons for their irrelevance than their backwards YT policies; after all, Nintendo also has no game in the Twitch Top 20 (and is pretty much the only major publisher left out).
It's going to be a tough climb out of that hole.
jts
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Nintendo doesn't even have a console that can stream to Twitch, for one.
Steps to climb out of that hole:
1) come up with a console that can stream to Twitch.
Guy hit the Youtube fodder jackpot
Hipster Cthulhu
Banned
I didn't realise that GTA 1 was so popular, I thought that GTAV would have been more popular.
The same for Call of Duty: Finest Hour, I had no idea a game from 2004 had such presence on You Tube.
The same for Call of Duty: Finest Hour, I had no idea a game from 2004 had such presence on You Tube.
Sapphire Dreams
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I am Surprised DOTA 2 isn't higher to be honest.
most of the watched stuff is done by kids. people older than 16 rarely watch lets plays/games on yt.
my sister (she is 13) and her friends and everyone at her school love to watch minecraft and gta videos. i was baffled when i heard that. when i asked some of them if they PLAY games, maybe 3girls and 2 guys answered that they play videogames(not smartphone games because of an older brother/sister)
while everyone else only plays games on smartphones and tablets.
welcome to the new generation, my fellas.
my sister (she is 13) and her friends and everyone at her school love to watch minecraft and gta videos. i was baffled when i heard that. when i asked some of them if they PLAY games, maybe 3girls and 2 guys answered that they play videogames(not smartphone games because of an older brother/sister)
while everyone else only plays games on smartphones and tablets.
welcome to the new generation, my fellas.