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[–] Alpha_Machine ago  (edited ago)

Except the big money in marketing isn't aimed at the audience of Youtubers, it's for advertisements on television, physical ones in public, etc. The people who watch gaming youtubers are far more likely to hear about the game either through forums, gaming sites, etc. The point of marketing would be to aim at those who don't watch gaming videos on youtube.

I suspect the amount of marketing money spent on youtubers/twitch streamers is very small in comparison to everything else.

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[–] Codewow [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Eh, games like Minecraft were spread purely by word of mouth for years. They just need to make better games and people will talk about them.

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[–] Alpha_Machine ago 

True but it's very rare that games will be able to strike gold like that by making a game that can appeal to all ages, etc. and it's very risky when you're spending money making it. When you're spending hundreds of millions making a game, you aren't going to risk a lack of marketing. Indie games are the only ones that really get the luxury of aiming for that because they need so few sales to make their money back.