Where did I make the claim that Nintendo is doing bad solely because of shutting down streamers? The point was made that streaming has adversely affected these gaming companies, and yet where is the proof of that? Shutting down those streamers didn't do an iota to help Nintendo's bottom line. InThey were still performing like garbage after shutting down the streamers. In fact, they ended up reversing their policy. The music industry has been adamant about 'protecting their intellectual property. Guess what, their performance is garbage as well. If these companies were smart, they'd work with youtube and instead of blocking a video when their intellectual content appears, a link would appear underneath the video allowing a user to purchase that song. Companies already have the ability to block Let's Play streamers, but they don't. They just have to contact youtube... but most companies are smart enough not to do so because they recognize the benefit in all of that exposure for FREE.
Also PLAYING games is the primary way of experiencing game content, not watching. I guess Microsoft should have went through with the Kinect idea where it senses how many people are in the room, and if it's too many, the game will shut off, because if a friend watches the game, he will end up not buying it and he is being a thief, right? We need to block sites that have song lyrics since if you get all of the lyrics, you might not buy the song, right?
If someone 'watches' a game just to get the story, they probably weren't that interested in buying it in the first place. The fun in games is, first and foremost, in PLAYING them. If streamers were offering a link to download the game for free, yes, they would be in the wrong... but you cannot play the game by watching it.
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