Its weird theyd stop live streaming just in the off chance some idiot says something stupid that they feel would then be connected with their game. Amidst all the PDP uproar I had no idea at all what game he said that shit on, it was irrelevant. Just annoying Nintendo want to keep such a ludicrously tight leash on their content, content theyre even making money on and have a huge influence over since they can obviously revoke a particular YTers account whenever they want. Seems like overkill thats detrimental to the company itself and more importantly its fans.
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Nintendo Banning YouTube Livestreams as Part of Nintendo Creators Program
- Thread starter Tom Nook Sawyer
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Its weird theyd stop live streaming just in the off chance some idiot says something stupid that they feel would then be connected with their game. Amidst all the PDP uproar I had no idea at all what game he said that shit on, it was irrelevant. Just annoying Nintendo want to keep such a ludicrously tight leash on their content, content theyre even making money on and have a huge influence over since they can obviously revoke a particular YTers account whenever they want. Seems like overkill thats detrimental to the company itself and more importantly its fans.
This is shitty, but totally understandable given the impending collapse of Youtube's ad revenue for gaming. I imagine they're doing this so that they can position the Nintendo Creators Program as a specific subset of monetized gaming content on Youtube. We already know that advertisers can pick out gaming content and I could very well see Nintendo working out a deal with Youtube to make their program a way for advertisers to safely buy ads on videos that they can feel particularly confident won't contain controversial content. It's still a bad look though and is indicative of just how quickly the Youtube bubble could pop for content creators, especially given the recent changes to their Patreon policies
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Ah okay. It doesn't make this any less bad, but I can at least understand the reasoning behind this decision.
Advertisers want total control over their properties. That's not new. Nintendo is just really rigid about it since they don't want to accept the power that Youtubers can have and they also absolutely need to defend their family friendly image.
In the current system Nintendo holds all the cards and seeing how little harm all the prominent Youtubers with their critiques of Nintendo's Youtube policies have actually caused, I'd say they are irrelevant. Nintendo doesn't care because they don't need to. Youtubers should just move on.
I wish we'd get a court ruling just so we can get rid of the ambiguity. If that happens I'd expect the situation to get even worse for Youtubers though.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
I mean Atlus are Sega and they are batshit insane so no
It is and it will get a thread here when it launches within the next 3 days or so.
TheMule1983
Member
tkscz
Member
Wait, so it's ok to stream Nintendo games, just not if you have a creator's account?
Star Orpheus
Member
If I'm understanding the thread right, whenever you just can't monetize it.
That's what I seem to take from the e-mail. Provided its on a separate channel thats not part of the program, you can post it.
This should have been in the OP. I understood it now.
Aldo
The Bookerman
Member
The problem with PDP is that his Schtick is about being the most unbearable 8 year old you can find.
I still don't understand what makes this guy entertaining.
I still don't understand what makes this guy entertaining.
You're free to do whatever you want if you don't monetize your videos. Nintendo doesn't care what you do, as long as you don't make money off their poperty.
This is so wrong it's hilarious.
Oh come on people, stop trying to make PewDiePie into the gaming anti-Christ. Nintendo have always protective of their content and this move is not in relation to one person but a move to control and maximise monetisation of their IP. Don't forget the furore when they first banned Nintendo content unless it was in a partner channel where they get a share of the revenue? This is just that mentality being extended. Shortly after the Switch reveal that they said sharing video would be coming to their platform, maybe live streaming will be reserved for their online service.
My concern is that after the DMCA move by Campo Santo and this by Nintendo, publishers will start to exercise control of who can demo and play their games on YouTube. What if these are 'the good old days' and they're coming to an end?
My concern is that after the DMCA move by Campo Santo and this by Nintendo, publishers will start to exercise control of who can demo and play their games on YouTube. What if these are 'the good old days' and they're coming to an end?
Audioboxer
Member
This is ridiculous and anyone standing for Nintendo saying it's because bad people exist within online media are verging into being accepting of anti-consumer practices. You do not ban everything off the internet because bad people exist. Nintendo choosing to ride on a wave of exploitation after internet drama does not give them a free pass to be anti-consumer.
Paging Jim Sterling to yet again have to blast Nintendo.
Atlus Japan is laughing after Nintendo Japan seemingly say watch what we do this week. Anyone want to tell Konami now might be a good time to do something?
Paging Jim Sterling to yet again have to blast Nintendo.
Atlus Japan is laughing after Nintendo Japan seemingly say watch what we do this week. Anyone want to tell Konami now might be a good time to do something?
Star Orpheus
Member
So where are all the people who declared the PDP incident the death of the Let's player. Seems like they would be all for this.
RichiRamjag
Member
Good riddance. Imo.
I am fine if i can not register streams with the NCP. What i am not fine is if i can not stream Nintendo games on my channel anymore. It's 80% Nintendo games I stream and probably the 70% of my videos are Nintendo content.
I just hope this applies to channels who have signed their entire channel up to the NCP and not ones that just register video.
How will they even know if you are streaming Nintendo games?
Youtube is just seriously going so downhill lately.
I just hope this applies to channels who have signed their entire channel up to the NCP and not ones that just register video.
How will they even know if you are streaming Nintendo games?
Youtube is just seriously going so downhill lately.
And yet they still only did it after the most famous livestreamer had yet another streaming related scandal.
To be clear, I don't agree with what they are doing. I just see why they did it, and, yes, PDP is ruining shit for everyone.
Gotdatmoney
Member
I don't believe tbis is solely due to PDP because nintendo has been mad shitty about monetization for a while. But he definitely made this happen quicker.
I really, really doubt it's anything related to PewdiePie lol. This is only for people that are signed to Nintendo Creators Program, is PDP even part of it?
This is just Nintendo being backward as fuck, as they ALWAYS were. If this was the first shitty thing by Nintendo regarding Youtubers you could assume it was due do PDP, but it's not. Jim Sterling had trouble with Nintendo games all the time in his channel.
This is just Nintendo being backward as fuck, as they ALWAYS were. If this was the first shitty thing by Nintendo regarding Youtubers you could assume it was due do PDP, but it's not. Jim Sterling had trouble with Nintendo games all the time in his channel.
AtomicShroom
Member
Gee thanks PDP, now youre the reason why we cant have nice things!
RichiRamjag
Member
Nintendo never really changed anyhow in regards to this stuff.
Barrel Cannon
Member
This is definitely it. In these recent months filled with hateful gamers suddenly coming out of the woodwork I can actually see why a backwards rule like this is being pushed. I don't like it but I feel like it might be a necessary evil
PewDiePie isn't known for streaming. He normally puts out edited let's play videos. PUBG was one of the first times he was streaming. If he was a prominent streamer, he would have blurted out racial slurs years ago.
Are you an annoying 8 year old boy that yells about raping your opponent mother in online games or saying the n-word for the "luls"? No? That's why you don't find that piece of trash entertaining.
Shadow Broker
Banned
NVM
Rellik
Member
Being Nintendo.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I don't know. This is the same company that shut down Swapnote, the 3DS messaging service, after one incident.
Has he?
Twitch/YT seem as popular as ever and videogames continue to get released on a daily/weekly basis. There is no evidence linking PDP to this decision, unless you have some to bring to the table.
NintendosBooger
Member
Nintendo lives and dies by its brand. Why wouldn't they be overprotective of it?
Maybe more difficult to dictate the terms of a 'creators' initiative through Twitch.
maybe, but they could easily make twitch not allow people to stream their games without permission
Not sure. One thing for sure is this decision and their Creators Program is about controlling revenue.
Isn't Twitch more careful with its content?
The truth is Charles Martinet has been pretty livid for years because all these live streamers/let's players keep talking over his Mario voices.
He doesn't Yahoo and Letsago just so some pimple faced teenager can talk all over it.
So really, don't blame Nintendo, blame yourselves, for ruining the treasured moments of a nice man.
He doesn't Yahoo and Letsago just so some pimple faced teenager can talk all over it.
So really, don't blame Nintendo, blame yourselves, for ruining the treasured moments of a nice man.