Nintendo is now claiming ad revenue on user-generated "Let's Play" videos that feature the game company's content, according to YouTube user Zack Scott who received a "content ID match claim" issued by Nintendo.
As a result, Let's Play videos using Nintendo content will be bookended by ads while content-creators will not receive any revenue for the videos.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
very nice way to say "scew you, consume"
well they can always not claim to make anything for nintendo ip lets play videos then nintendo wont get anything from it at all
seems Nintendo is competing with EA or Capcom on the gamers most hated list.
Erm...this happens with any youtube video where you don't own 100% of the right to what's being shown.
Well Microsoft does the same starting from last year with there games and I don't see a problem with it. All game companies should do it with the amount of let's play videos on YouTube, its easy money. gamers shouldn't be profiting from game videos, if you want to make money playing games enter tournaments or apply to be a games tester, I tested a pre e3 demo of dj hero 2 a few years back and for 3 hours play I got 45 quid. there realy isn't an issue here. I don't watch any let's play vids anyway, why. because I'm a gamer, I like to play games not watch them.
@blackdeath. no the original content in the video is the game just because someone records it doesn't mean its there's, its like going to a cinema and filming the feature with a camcorder then uploading it as your own. it doesnt work like that, I studied digital media production at uni and had to learn about copyright infringement.