Probably PewDewPie.
And honestly, in his case, he would probably be justified to part of the revenue, as games like Goat Simulator wouldn't sell nearly as much without youtubers.
This isn't just hearing the story from one side... This may as well at this point be a story about someone picking a fight with an imaginary friend (Curse those "youtubers"!)
He didn't invite negotiation, which is the issue. They don't have anything he wants. They just rudely interrupted him to ask him to give them money. It's begging, it's not negotiation.
He should tell who exactly asked about part of revenue or he shouldn't say anything at all.
Now GAF only have more reasons to label all YouTubers as "scumbags".
Agreed.
Well that's kind of a dick move.
Probably PewDewPie.
And honestly, in his case, he would probably be justified to part of the revenue, as games like Goat Simulator wouldn't sell nearly as much without youtubers.
Being skeptical makes sense, but a story about 'youtubers' asking people for money is too easy to believe.
I wonder which YouTubers are greedy and selfish enough to actually have the balls to do this.
people like pewdewpie make enough money already. Sad
And anybody that is just going to label ALL youtubers because of what is most likely a few self-entitled hacks being scummy, then they were probably already doing it anyways.
You couldn't afford to pay him an amount that would make it worth it for him.I would pay PewDiePie to not broadcast.
I think that's the best course of action here. Fuck em. You try and extort me I'll make sure you don't make any more money off my products existence.I have no problem with people monetizing videos but in this case I wouldn't mind if he claimed copyright on the videos of the people doing this.
Why not? Youtubers are de facto participating in the marketing/advertising campaign of many games so I can see why they'd negociate a share of the revenue. Both parties have something the other wants so they might as well make a deal. Everyone wins, it's the free market.
He's not responsible for the narrative that others decide to create. I'm sure he doesn't want to send the Internet Lynch Mob to some dude just cause he was being stupid.He should tell who exactly asked about part of revenue or he shouldn't say anything at all.
Now GAF only have more reasons to label all YouTubers as "scumbags".
Yea, I'm in the minority who don't mind that they exist and I like couple of YT reviewers/critics.
Why not? Youtubers are de facto participating in the marketing/advertising campaign of many games so I can see why they'd negociate a share of the revenue. Both parties have something the other wants so they might as well make a deal. Everyone wins, it's the free market.
Why not? Youtubers are de facto participating in the marketing/advertising campaign of many games so I can see why they'd negociate a share of the revenue. Both parties have something the other wants so they might as well make a deal. Everyone wins, it's the free market.
He must be enjoying that advertising if he's not naming names.
Because they're already getting the revenue for their work - and unless a deal was struck beforehand, this seems like a case of Youtubers doing work unsolicited and asking for a deal after the fact, which is just silly.
Did a search on Youtube of "Maia game", filtered the results by views, and the video with the highest viewcount is at 161,000 views. Requesting anything is already scummy and shitty, but if that's the highest viewed video on the scale, that makes requests even more ridiculous.
Don't want to make this a witchhunt either, but that 161,000 views video is pimping the game out really hard.
Ok, if he asked them to market it, yes. He didn't ask them to market it. Hell, he didn't even give them permission to use the material from the game to make their video (yes, that is arguable, but I'm pointing out one could very well think they should feel lucky he's not asking *them* for money or telling them to take the video off in the first place).
No, it's not reasonable. If they wanted money to market his video, they should have asked first and if he said no, well, then don't play it (if they really think that's a marketable advertising).
What they did, even if you don't want to bring in the fact that some people feel they stole his property by using the material without his permission, is akin to some one washing your car without you asking them to or even giving permission to, and then telling you that you owe them money. You never came to an agreement to do that, you didn't even ask them to do that (and some people would be pissed they even did that as they could very well damage the paint if they do a bad job), so why do you owe them money?
They have absolutely no legal standing whatsoever (and even as not a lawyer I feel comfortable saying that) and ethically they really don't have a standing either.
The devs never asked youtubers to advertise their game. Sure they could work out a deal but from what I know not a lot do. When someone confronts a dev and demands money upfront, I think that says a lot about them as a person.
I would find it insulting that others are playing my game for the sole purpose of revenue and entertainment.
Why not? Youtubers are de facto participating in the marketing/advertising campaign of many games so I can see why they'd negociate a share of the revenue. Both parties have something the other wants so they might as well make a deal. Everyone wins, it's the free market.
If this is the case the only way it's going to stop is if they're named and shamed. So I change my stance of simply claiming copyright on the videos, time to start a shit storm to make people think twice about doing this.Few things to consider.
His game was a kickstarter game, it's in early access. Peak is 93 according to the enhanced steam.
Not finding any high viewed videos of his game on Youtube (I mean to the point where you can actually say someone's view of the game = sales).
So I assume this is someone who approached him before making the video.
The devs never asked youtubers to advertise their game. Sure they could work out a deal but from what I know not a lot do. When someone confronts a dev and demands money upfront, I think that says a lot about them as a person.
I would find it insulting that others are playing my game for the sole purpose of revenue and entertainment.
I'm super confused about what's happening.
Asking for a percentage of an indie game's profit for promoting it is some scummy bullshit.
Why not? Youtubers are de facto participating in the marketing/advertising campaign of many games so I can see why they'd negociate a share of the revenue..