2013-05-16, 11:01 PM
The worst, and saddest part is it's hurting the most passionate Nintendo consumers the most.
The ones who covered and promoted MORE Nintendo products than anybody else get hit the hardest by this. The ones who constantly hype up and spread the word and excitement for Nintendo products got pomegranateted all over. Nintendo's decision can be shrugged off by variety channels, sure, but the ones most passionate CAN'T just shrug this pomegranate off as their channels were mostly if not ALL Nintendo-oriented. No company loses anything to Let's Plays; it's a win-win situation. Company makes product > LPer plays and hypes product for free > LPer and company both profit. There isn't a single loss in this for either party, only profit. Why ruin a good thing? Sure, you profit from the existing content, but the people have the right to take all of that down if they want now, and a lot of people are already saying they will now stop producing Nintendo-oriented content on their channels. (Less free hype and promotion for Nintendo)
Massive stink.
The ones who covered and promoted MORE Nintendo products than anybody else get hit the hardest by this. The ones who constantly hype up and spread the word and excitement for Nintendo products got pomegranateted all over. Nintendo's decision can be shrugged off by variety channels, sure, but the ones most passionate CAN'T just shrug this pomegranate off as their channels were mostly if not ALL Nintendo-oriented. No company loses anything to Let's Plays; it's a win-win situation. Company makes product > LPer plays and hypes product for free > LPer and company both profit. There isn't a single loss in this for either party, only profit. Why ruin a good thing? Sure, you profit from the existing content, but the people have the right to take all of that down if they want now, and a lot of people are already saying they will now stop producing Nintendo-oriented content on their channels. (Less free hype and promotion for Nintendo)
Massive stink.