2013-05-17, 02:30 PM
Those LPs and similar video's shouldn't be touched IMO. They are indirectly making Nintendo and other company's money through pretty much free advertisement. After a certain point some people start coming to the LP for the commentary and not the game itself to some extent, once a person gets so popular as a commentator for the games, they can start playing crap games, and make commentary so interesting that the viewers may want to get the game just to imitate them. My little brother has watched complete series of a few LPs and that is what encouraged him to wanting those games, which in turn made me or someone go out and buy it because of those videos. If they want money from the LPs they can simply hire people from within the company to do the LPs and profit from that if they feel it is that big of a revenue maker, it isn't like the person is selling merchandise (usually) that is infringes into their territory.