So, hypothetical. A company is releasing their first ever game, and on that first day, the digital service through which they offer their product is taken down due to outside, uncontrollable forces. Given your previous comments, you're saying that someone who has yet to even ATTEMPT to make a profit doesn't deserve to…

Do you know for certain that no one was seriously affected by this action? As far as I can tell, everyone else is saying that the action is wrong, and nothing more. We aren't speaking to the degree of which it potentially affected people. You're the only person (from the comments I've read at least, so my mistake if…

Just so you're aware, many insurance companies don't allow people to purchase coverage for the things which most affect them. For example, where I live, we experienced the worst flood in the areas' history this past summer, and while many people were prepared for it, that doesn't mean they were covered. Anyone who…

You're missing the point if you think the only reason we're all arguing this is because the public missed out on the sales. It's also because businesses lost out on sales, and that this wasn't just some unexpected overuse of the service; this was something malicious from someone with, from how it all appears, nothing…

Naivety has nothing to do with it. Do you think you could realistically plan properly for every single thing that could possibly happen to you in life? Being naive is not the same as deliberately being unprepared. And who the hell would choose to be deliberately unprepared for something? You speak like everyone has a…

Given the high number of sales for day-one releases on pretty much any game, this is sort of a ridiculous statement for you to make. When a first- or second-release company releases exclusively in a digital format, as almost all of the Greenlight-involved companies do, and their first day is sabotaged (be it planned…

So, what if the business is just starting, and isn't able to rebound from some kind of substantial financial loss? Does that make them exempt from your views, given that they aren't yet a "solid company", or are you equally as "realist" towards them, simply thinking it shouldn't have been started in the first place?

Oh, I never said anything about the companies not being able to handle it; I'm sure most of them can, and I'm sure most of them aren't affected to any major degree. And while I totally understand that, yeah, shit happens, that doesn't make it any less awful that some random on the internet is preventing these services…

Haha, you and me both!... I immediately used the money I gained from my two or three foil ACIV cards to spend on other trading cards from various games. XD

I'd argue it also hurts any of the games on sale for the portion of time the service is down. PixelJunk Eden had a massive boost in sales when it was on sale, and I can imagine a lot of companies would have greatly appreciated the extra cash flow, which has now been taken from them.

It isn't meant to be a realistic comparison. Immersion is basically about being in that sort of environment, seeing what it might be like to really go through it. Not to see it done 100% accurately. This is from RoosterTeeth, after all, it's all for comedy.

Well, would you rather this game turn out to be something worth your time, or would you rather it be something you can easily ignore, even as a Zelda fan? Personally, I think the game looks rather fun, and considering we know nothing of just how the game will work outside of "you attack and kill things", I'll wait to…

So, does anybody else think that this game could show off the Imprisoning War that Zelda timeline lovers have wondered about for years and years? I see loads of monsters all over the place (the Hylians who were transformed into monsters after trying to steal the Triforce from the Sacred Realm), Hylian Knights battling…

I take it you've watched the show to its conclusion, Richard? (Maybe it's the same in the manga, haven't read it yet, so I'm not certain) Something tells me that even the walls aren't quite as safe as the humans believe.

With all the money YouTube makes from these creators, I don't think they'd be particularly pleased if quite literally thousands of channels abandoned the platform and went elsewhere. I don't exactly disagree that they could seek a business elsewhere, but I do think that, with an already established fanbase on YouTube,…

Hmm, fair point. I believe I stated on some other comment in this article that I understand the grey area of LPs, specifically because it's showing off the work as a whole. And while I understand the issues that could cause if one of multiple companies involved in the work disallows their work to be used outside of…

Yeah, it's basically not worth the fight with Nintendo... They just don't like people uploading their stuff if it isn't a review. I don't yet know if any of their reviews have been hit, but I'm waiting to see if ProJared says anything in regards to his recent A Link Between Worlds review and extended thoughts.

It's only copyright infringement if he doesn't follow the law. And having followed Joe for years, he certainly does his best to follow the law to the letter so as to avoid these kinds of problems. Reviews are fair use, and promotional material (as used in his two flagged interviews) should be as well. It's promotional…

The problem is that it's all up to the individual to decide if they want to purchase the game. And if they watch an LP and say "I'm good, I don't need to buy it, watching it was enough", they probably wouldn't have purchased it anyways. It's too narrow-minded to say that become SOME people wouldn't buy something after…

Except YouTube wouldn't be as big as it is without people taking such a massive risk on a growing, unproven (at the time) platform. Joe is only one of thousands. YouTube owes EVERYTHING to the people that constantly create material for them to leech money off of. Yes, the platform allows those people to live, but…