Popular Youtuber generates $4 million in revenue 2013

[chemgear]

Interesting way to make a large amount of money.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/youtu...ear-1402939896

The 24-year-old Mr. Kjellberg, who created PewDiePie five years ago, has parlayed his persona into a brand name that pulls in the equivalent of $4 million in ad sales a year, most of it pure profit.

[Julio]

I would like to have a look at any proof he makes this much a year...
This is an interesting take on how much 'YouTubers' are said to make, and how much they probably actually make, from somebody that is a moderately popular (and damn funny) YouTube contributor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJhrpAWkASU

[TorqueDog]

Holy sh-tballs. Felix made $4m last year? That's insane.

[chemgear]

First name basis eh?

[Trumbull]

Originally Posted by chemgear

First name basis eh?

Not yet on a first name basis with Kanye.

[Hack&Lube]

People should start up a charity campaign to donate a few million for everybody to punch him for that stupid voice he does.

[undercoverbrother]

I can never let my son know of this..................

[Russic]

Wow I've seen one or two of his videos... not exactly something I'd watch on a regular basis, but good for him. There is a shocking thirst for videos of people playing games. It's one of the most confusing things I've seen in gaming. You can't even find a PS4 camera in the city these days because so many people buy them up to broadcast themselves playing. This must be what being old feels like.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by Russic

There is a shocking thirst for videos of people playing games. It's one of the most confusing things I've seen in gaming. You can't even find a PS4 camera in the city these days because so many people buy them up to broadcast themselves playing. This must be what being old feels like.

Seriously. When I played games as a kid, we couldn't wait for our friends to die so it would be our turn at the controls. Now it seems like the kids these days would rather watch somebody else on the internet than play the game themselves. I don't get the appeal at all.

On that note, Google bought game-streaming site twitch.tv a month ago for $1 billion (that's billion with a b) in an all-cash deal. I guess I'm not hip or with it anymore since I really don't understand why this is popular.

http://variety.com/2014/digital/news...es-1201185204/

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

On that note, Google bought game-streaming site twitch.tv a month ago for $1 billion (that's billion with a b) in an all-cash deal. I guess I'm not hip or with it anymore since I really don't understand why this is popular.

I watch speed runners regularly on twitch, and have done streaming on twitch myself (Bucky O'Hare NES and Mega Man X2, got some okay times) in the past. If you share a similar interest with someone in gaming, then it's a great way to connect, and the streamers find the audience is a great way to keep the interest in the game going too. This is especially true for speed runners who will likely do thousands of attempts on the same part of the same game to shave a few seconds off.

Just like with youtube, there's some people who aren't my cup of tea personality wise, but it's nice to chat with the person playing, and for me, some days I just wanna sit back and watch rather than play.

As a side note...steaming on twitch starting on Sunday is the charity speedrunning marathon Summer Games Done Quick! Check it out.
https://gamesdonequick.com/

[GGG]

Why is watching hockey exciting? We have a whole message board we waste time posting on about hockey and playing backseat GM.

The same could be said for competitive video game players. Not my cup of tea but I see similarities to watching sport.

[Russic]

The slight difference here is that it's probably more akin to watching somebody watch hockey. The people that get into these videos are only partly interested in the game... it's more the personality of the player. Sometimes they're funny, but for the most part it comes off like somebody who just feels the need to be making jokes constantly and talking to the screen. It's odd to me.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Russic

The slight difference here is that it's probably more akin to watching somebody watch hockey. The people that get into these videos are only partly interested in the game... it's more the personality of the player. Sometimes they're funny, but for the most part it comes off like somebody who just feels the need to be making jokes constantly and talking to the screen. It's odd to me.

I another apt analogy is that people watch certain streamers just as sports fans have a preference for a certain announcer or sports station style.

[Ozy_Flame]

Never understood it either. Video games are meant to be played, I thought that's what people wanted to do? I guess I'm in the generation of gamers gone by.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Never understood it either. Video games are meant to be played, I thought that's what people wanted to do? I guess I'm in the generation of gamers gone by.

There is something about watching someone play that's the best, same with playing a sport vs. watching a professional league of that same sport.

Plus some video games involve events or game play mechanics or items that are for whatever reason limited to only the best players, which is different than sport. I can play hockey with some friends and we're not NHL quality, but it's not like the NHL players get access to a teleportation powerup that we never could.

Video games can be like that, either items/cards/etc that I'd never see unless I put in 8 hours a day, or a skill level that I cannot approach meaning they get access to areas of the game I can't ever see for myself.

In that way I can see the appear of watching others play a game.

[Anduril]

A big part is the entertainment value of not just watching somebody play it, but their thoughts, reactions and whatnot. If it there was no commentary and purely focused on the screen itself, then yeah it would be weird to understand why people would enjoy it.

[Sr. Mints]

Good god, I watched 20 seconds of this guy and my ears began to bleed.

I get that watching gamers do stuff is a thing people do, but this guy quite literally seems ######ed.

[AcGold]

his dark souls videos are the only ones that are any good where freaking out suits the environment.

[Thor]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Never understood it either. Video games are meant to be played, I thought that's what people wanted to do? I guess I'm in the generation of gamers gone by.

It like you enjoy watching the NHL (assuming) and its for many reasons but I'm sure key is you enjoy watching the best level of hockey, seeing the best go head to head for a sport you also enjoy.

As an example, I played league of legends for a while, still on rare occasions play a match or two, but I prefer to watch the pro's play in the various league and championship play, its highly entertaining to watch.

I guess a game like LOL lends itself better than most games to something you can enjoy watching, it has the 5v5 element, pacing is good for the viewer unlike say Starcraft which makes you dizzy to watch.

[calumniate]

I wonder how much theRadBrad makes. I watched a few of his walkthroughs for one of the Hitman levels I was stuck on. It's funny to watch other peoples strategies, screw-ups and such