No more than Wowhead, Icyveins or any other information source has.
One of the bigger downfalls of gamming imo is that to much is dictated outside of the games. Its no longer exploring the world and figuring out what works for you at your own pace. Its look up everything online and follow a strict template on what is best.
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i have zero interest in what any streamer says or does
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As someone who doesnât watch streamers they can take their opinions and shove them up their nose. They arenât me they donât know what i like or what want or how I want to play.
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It goes both ways, sometimes a gameâs popularity is a reaction to streamers playing it - such as Fortnite and most recently Among Us.
While other times, a streamer will play a game because itâs already popular, like WoW hoping to draw in viewers. This is how most WoW popular WoW streamers got started.
Viewers tend to listen to streamer opinions, so while you have a bunch of boomers proudly stating, âi lIkE tO tHiNk fOr MySeLfâ as a way to passive-aggressively attack people with different interests than them (surprise) in this thread who likely donât even know a streamerâs name past what theyâve read on the forums, a significant amount of people will listen to streamers and follow them from game to game.
Theyâre called âinfluencersâ for a reason. The data shows this. Itâs the same reason companyâs use them for marketing.
Whether or not people âthink for themselvesâ - streamers absolutely affect how many people will play a game.
Just look at this ripcord nonsense. UwU
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do u even stream bruh?
Streamers are free advertising.
Beyond that, they donât matter. Not for this game.
When they get bored or annoyed and clickbait with anti-Blizzard anti-WoW streams/videos, theyâll get support, but itâll be from a combination of people who wonât unsub anyway and people who already thought the same and were already unsubbed / not playing because of it. ie: zero change.
And realistically, MMORPG streams are probably some of the most boring things you could possibly watch. So I question how much the make a positive impact also. They draw interest during Betas and such, but again, itâs people already interested that are searching for that content that are watching.
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I donât think they make or break WoW.
My opinions never come coupled with streamers, but I might not be your average viewer. When I watch a stream for another game, itâs because of the game typically and not the streamer. So when Preach was streaming a Mario game this week? Not interested.
I sometimes use streaming as a way for me to view a gameâs content after Iâve already become interested. So I already watch some variety streamers who donât play WoW or the other big MMOâs (Cohh for example).
I think if any of the larger names stop streaming WoW? Then there will always be a smaller streamer ready to take their place. I would just say that if you want WoW streamers to always be around, you need to watch (and follow at least) more than just the couple of big names.
Heâs been playing FFXIV lately and doing table-top D&D. I sometimes watch him for the FFXIV content.
Think streamers are bad for the game they promote multi boxings,tell all your favorite skinning spots that spawn fast.
WoW was here long before streaming was really thing. It can make or break a new indie game, but not WoW.
Iâd love to see the numbers on returning subs/active accounts after people like belluar say they are âexcitedâ or âreturningâ.
It looks like solid bait to me. As it could be a functional method by the author to validate further interaction from the company.
And I wanna see real information as to its validity. Cause a couple of interviews dont mean much factually.
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People take streamers seriously?
Streamers/content creators influence is so powerful for marketing and new members perception/exposure.
Thereâs a reason why they get free collectors stuff and first to invite to a alpha/beta.
Asmongold is good proof of this. Every stream heâll read comments or donations saying
âHey I havenât played wow in a very long time but watching you got me into it again.â
And âI donât play WoW but I love watching you, should I join?â
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At best theyâre good for a different view of a specific issue within the game. They donât really sway things in the end for the majority.
Theyâre like LFR they provide use for people but also cause issues.
Imho,they do neither,I have to play it first to find out for myself ,though they do provide good input.
I donât think they make or break it.
Theyâre definitely part of the marketing strategy.
One reason weâre getting this release date, despite how unfinished and buggy the game currently is on PTR and Beta, is to get ahead of the next-gen console releases and Cyberpunk 2077âs release.
Once those hit, the press and the streamers will be playing those games and not Shadowlands.
And theyâve also got the ear of the WoW devs, as Watcher/Ion actually commented on something a big streamer playing the Beta mentioned earlier this week.
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That is binary thinking. They have very little influence either way.
I think new streamers make games and older, dedicated streamers break games.
An example of new streamers making a game would be Among Us. Nobody knew what that game was for the first 2 years of its life span, but just recently a whole flock of new streamers started playing it and suddenly it becomes the most popular game.
An example of dedicated streamers breaking a game would be Overwatch. Overwatch used to be a super popular game, and had lots of devoted streamers like xQc, Dafran, Seagull, etc⌠And as those streamers left, huge chunks of the player base left with them, and the game is nowhere near as popular as it was a few years ago.
Now itâs disengenuous to suggest that it is 100% the streamersâ faults for killing games, because most of the time when a dedicated streamer leaves a game, itâs because of poor balance and management. Streamers will always leave to the FotM game, but when dedicated streamers like Asmongold or xQc leave a game that they are heavily invested in, itâs a sign that the game itself is having major issues.
No, they do make or break their own listeners worriesâŚ