Nintendo Bans Monetized YouTube Livestreams Of Their Games
Members of the Nintendo Creators program received an email with the disappointing news.
A certain collection of content creators on the YouTube platform are in for a double dose of bad news. After possibly being affected by the Patreon-link shift, creators may also have to deal with a change made by Nintendo. YouTube live streams are no longer within the scope of the Nintendo Creators program, so creators won't be able to monetize live streams of Nintendo games without risking a strike against their account.
Reddit user Tom Nook Sawyer shared the image below and some in the forum believe that this move could be in response to the recent PewDiePie fiasco and wonder if Nintendo will be making a similar restriction on Twitch in some capacity.
If this turns out to be valid, the timing couldn't be worse for those that hoped to monetize a stream of some retro gameplay on the SNES Classic, which hit retailers and homes today. We've reached out to Nintendo for comment and we'll update this story as more information is made available.
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replyCharles Singletary posted a new article, Nintendo Bans Monetized YouTube Livestreams Of Their Games
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All kinds of streams constantly ask for donations because of google and youtube now. Gaming, Political, and etc are always asking for donations and I understand why they're doing this but it gets tiresome after awhile.
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these guys aren't asking for donations, they're thanking people who did donate, which is a lot of people on a large stream
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that's why Kripp is by far my favorite streamer.
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Twitch it is I guess.
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That double sucks because you aren't allowed to put patreon links in your video descriptions without monetizing the video.
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I wish reporters would hit Nintendo on this stuff when they interview Reggie
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HOW ABOUT WE ALL GO BACK TO FUCKING PLAYING THE GAMES OURSELVES?
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ugh free advertising please stop
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The most annoying thing is that the back button in the screenshot is on the right instead of left
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I think whats going to end up happening is that youtubers/streamers outside of review or critique are going to have to get a license or permission to use the IP footage.
There hasn't been a court case that defines what is acceptable and perfectly legal for Streamers. A Livestream is more or less a public exhibition and that has always been restricted in the Terms of service or legal warnings before films.-
few other companies are making them get a license, they're happy to accept the free advertising that results.
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no you don't understand how this (or most streaming) works. This isn't about the game's creator paying the streamer to stream. What would Nintendo be banning then? Themselves paying streamers to stream? This is about not being able to run generic YouTube ads or take donations from your audience while streaming a Nintendo game. Presumably if/when they apply it to Twitch it would make it just impossible to stream a Nintendo game if you have any paid subscribers.
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Let's run with your rationale here. Where do you go to read reviews? It can't be at a website that runs ads to support themselves because then they're corrupted by a hidden agenda. It can't be on a website that requires a subscription because they too are corrupted by a hidden agenda. Where is this review site that's just a charity operation that produces the only form of trustworthy review?
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shacknews runs ads, not trustworthy
eurogamer runs ads, not trustworthy-
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you're the one claiming no one can be trusted if they're paid by anyone and you'd prefer they couldn't earn money for their work
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Does that mean we will see people play the game that isn't getting paid? Sounds absolutely perfect for me.. imagine hearing someone's opinion without any hidden agenda or paycheck tied into his stream...
So you do or don't believe you could trust a streamer who has ads on their channel from a third party unaffiliated with the content they're showing? If you can't, why would you trust anyone writing reviews for a website with ads? Or a TV channel with ads? Or a radio program?-
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