I watch the odd Watchmojo video every now and then, but I wouldn't say I was a big fan of the channel or anything. This thread was started as more of a commentary on the extra exposure and subs that retro games channels would receive from being on the list, in general with youtubers their total subscribers seems like a really big thing to them.
What an incredibly hollow concept.
Great, I'm depressed now.
What's most pathetic about stuff like this is that there is honestly a TON of incredibly good shit on YouTube. I watch it constantly. I recently discovered AvN and Synthesizer Dave, both amazing. The idea of a crappy game wall show with enough clout to make or break 10 of the 10 million other shitty game wall shows with some kind of...award game wall show or something is like...who f*cking cares?! Especially in 2016, where there aren't even 10 good game developers left.
Wankery, pure and simple.
I'm suprised at this response as Pat and your's channel made the list, think of all the new subscribers to the Pat and Ian of Zeta channel.
I concur, GameSack will probably gain a lot of viewers...even if a percentage lose interest, some of the new folks will subscribe and become part of the GameSack family. And I am sure, for GameSack, it could represent a *significant* number of viewers (since they do not have—yet—millions of subscribers).
However, the more interesting aspect is that it highlights inherent problems in YouTube/Google itself...and how content creators and viewers are affected by Google's need to monetize, need to retain content creators, need to pay content creators as little as possible, need to recommend a stream of videos (remember, auto-recommendations + AUTOPLAY is, by design, a way to increase ad views...to impress corporate advertisers)... has watchmojo *ever* recommended a channel that produces *amazing content* that is published sporadically/rarely (but is *best in class*)? No. Advertisers, and Google, want *serialized* content with guaranteed audiences... no different than Old Media.
That's why the topic shifted very quickly...we are all irked by the institutional/structural incentives at Google that push "watchmojo" to the forefront.
I think that we were hoping, 20 years ago, for this medium (interwrbz) to be an improvement over older forms of media/distribution/entertainment.
Sadly, we realize now that all we have done is automate all the old bullshit into algorithms. So, we are faster, more efficient at promoting tripe. We encourage, reward folks for tripe... and punish them when popularity decreases. The fact that all recommendation engines/ad revenue/compensation is based solely on popularity...with quality of content being coincidental, at best, is a testament to how things have *not changed*... a few corporations control and influence what 99% of folks watch.
Watchmojo = a physical manifestation of Google's algorithms, self-reinforcing ad nauseum.
Isn't it sad that *this* is how Game Sack's viewership might increase?
This is like Fox News or Bloomberg News promoting Game Sack...
Sure, we are happy that GameSack can benefit... but how can we ignore everything that led to this moment?
We can't.
Don't worry, we still love you.
