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04-15-2010, 11:18 PM
This message is regarding a youtube channel named Darksydephil that hosts gameplay footage with amusing commentary and/or reviews.
Darksydephil(DSP) was a channel with 55,000+ followers who watched it week to week, and 12 million total channel views.
A few days ago he was playing through splinter cell conviction on the channel, probably the 100th game he's done without problem, and ubisoft made a copyright complaint against him which resulted in the shutting down of his channel and the loss of over 7000 youtube videos that had been tied to that channel over the last few years.
Just to explain something for those at Ubisoft, those who watch DSP on youtube do so to find out which games are worth buying or after buying a game watch him play it as they play through it to make the game more interesting and amusing. I have bought many games because of his playthroughs which I otherwise wouldn't have been so driven to buy. His color commentary makes the games even more desireable.
Ubisoft seems to be under the impression that gameplay footage of this sort reduces their profits and I would argue that they have it completely backwards. Any game with challenging/interesting gameplay and beautiful/moving movie scenes will sell more when customers get a chance to see a portion of said game. The video releases that ubisoft puts out themselves cannot be compared to an independent observer/reviewer and are quite boring in comparison.
I ask that ubisoft revoke their copyright claim against the Tom Clancy Splinter Cell Conviction gameplay footage, or, at the very least give him the option to delete said footage rather than lose his entire channel. If you cannot do this, then I cannot speak for the gaming community for a whole, but I personally will choose not to buy any ubisoft game in the future. I will no longer give you my hard earned money, because you have shut down my main source for gameplay reviews. If this is the image you want for your company and you do not care about my opinions, or the opinions of the 50,000+ subscribers who you have put in the dark as to the worth of your game, then I wish you good luck in the future and I hope for your sake whoever decided to take this action prompty retires or is fired.
Good day to you.
-Will-
Darksydephil(DSP) was a channel with 55,000+ followers who watched it week to week, and 12 million total channel views.
A few days ago he was playing through splinter cell conviction on the channel, probably the 100th game he's done without problem, and ubisoft made a copyright complaint against him which resulted in the shutting down of his channel and the loss of over 7000 youtube videos that had been tied to that channel over the last few years.
Just to explain something for those at Ubisoft, those who watch DSP on youtube do so to find out which games are worth buying or after buying a game watch him play it as they play through it to make the game more interesting and amusing. I have bought many games because of his playthroughs which I otherwise wouldn't have been so driven to buy. His color commentary makes the games even more desireable.
Ubisoft seems to be under the impression that gameplay footage of this sort reduces their profits and I would argue that they have it completely backwards. Any game with challenging/interesting gameplay and beautiful/moving movie scenes will sell more when customers get a chance to see a portion of said game. The video releases that ubisoft puts out themselves cannot be compared to an independent observer/reviewer and are quite boring in comparison.
I ask that ubisoft revoke their copyright claim against the Tom Clancy Splinter Cell Conviction gameplay footage, or, at the very least give him the option to delete said footage rather than lose his entire channel. If you cannot do this, then I cannot speak for the gaming community for a whole, but I personally will choose not to buy any ubisoft game in the future. I will no longer give you my hard earned money, because you have shut down my main source for gameplay reviews. If this is the image you want for your company and you do not care about my opinions, or the opinions of the 50,000+ subscribers who you have put in the dark as to the worth of your game, then I wish you good luck in the future and I hope for your sake whoever decided to take this action prompty retires or is fired.
Good day to you.
-Will-