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Getting a big twitch streamer to play his game was the only marketing he needed. Although their time is up for sale I think some amount of them do genuinely enj
by throwntoday 4y ago
Getting a big twitch streamer to play his game was the only marketing he needed. Although their time is up for sale I think some amount of them do genuinely enjoy gaming and will try out something that is interesting to them.
- throwaway2037 4y agoThis story sounds like luck. That isn't marketing. It's like hoping that Kim Kardashian will use my new face cream and tweet about it. Another idea: Bribe a popular streamer to play your game and tweet about it. I am sure it is common.
- nonethewiser 4y agoBribe? It's just paying them. It's not like they have some duty not to take money or that its illegal.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> It's just paying them. It's not like they have some duty not to take money or that its illegal. It is illegal in the context of radio stations that play music. Legal in almost every other context; payola is one of the most obviously stupid laws we have.
- jack_pp 4y agoPeople pay streamers all the time to play their games of course, but I think twitch TOS requires for the streamer to disclose that they're being paid, they usually have it in their title like "Playing {game}, !AD'
- astrange 4y agoIn my experience audiences are usually proud they got sponsored instead of resenting it too, though I haven't checked the numbers.