No One Watches Online Videogame TV 54
GameDailyBiz talks about disappointing statistics for anyone who enjoys online videogame related video or podcasts; Almost no one watches them. From the article: "didn't even recognize that I might have made a mistake until I ran across a recent Forrester Research marketing report. The report found that while 25% of online households have expressed interest in podcasting, only 2% had experimented with audio downloads but did not listen on a regular basis and a mere 1% of households actually download a podcast onto a player. For most new tech trends a 1% percent adoption rate might be admirable or even encouraging. However, podcasting is a nerd darling. On tech blogs and nerd-news centers podcasting been proudly crowned the Wave of the Future(TM). Currently, the search site PodNova is tracking more than 55,000 different podcasts. Yeah, 55,000 channels and apparently nothing's on."
But this is only for online broadcasts (Score:3, Informative)
I think that this article is trying to accomplish the wrong things. Comparing things like video game broadcasts to YouTube simply is comparing apples and oranges.
- dshaw
Re:But this is only for online broadcasts (Score:2)
We're not Korea, guys. Talking about them won't say anything about America or the very america-centric internet.
Re:But this is only for online broadcasts (Score:3, Insightful)
Is the Internet American? Sure, we might have a lot of users, but the title of this story is Games: No One Watches Online Videogame TV". "No one" and "online" are key words. Korea certainly counts as people, and are most certainly online.
Granted, I'm not saying that we're Korea, or that we have a videogame-centric culture- we don't. That doesn't mean that it isn't a valid point for discussio
Re:But this is only for online broadcasts (Score:1, Flamebait)
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Re:But this is only for online broadcasts (Score:1)
I'm in Australia; I'm just as interested in what Koreans are doing as I am in hearing about what the US is up to. Expressing surprise at seeing posts centering on nations other than the US is just plain silly.
Re:But this is only for online broadcasts (Score:2)
Well, being from a English-speaking former colony of Great Britain, *OF COURSE* you're going to care just as much about a country whose language you don't even understand as another English-speaking former colony of Great Britain.
Why, I bet Korean movies and TV are just as popular in Australia as American movies and TV--what with your worldly, enlightened attitude and all.
-Eric
Re:But this is only for online broadcasts (Score:1)
And...? (Score:3, Insightful)
So what? The internet had brought broadcasting to the masses. But the right to free speech doesn't mean anyone actually has to listen to you.
Re:And...? (Score:1)
Neither does it mean anyone is worth listening to.
People do watch... (Score:1, Informative)
This was on google videos popular list for quite a while: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=659036456
Not to mention all the WoW stuff I constantly see on google video...
Re:People do watch... (Score:2)
Me, I've never seen one that could keep me watching for more than two minutes, and it doesn't seem to matter what they do to it to make it more interesting. Of course, 90% of the time, they just cut out the walkin-around bits and add a death metal track.
The funniest ones generally last less than thirty seconds, and have a punchline. Like that one where somebody's critter detonated in the auction house, killing a whole cro
Re:People do watch... (Score:2)
Its more fun to play than watch (Score:1)
Of course they don't.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Of course they don't.. (Score:1)
Sorry, just.. WOW. I'm stunned. I kept waiting for some demonic doll face to pop up and scream and scare the shit out of me, I just couldn't believe this was for real.
Say it with me Andrew, PURR-IF-HER-ALL!
Re:Of course they don't.. (Score:2)
On my to-do list this is way down.. (Score:4, Insightful)
The only people who were surprised that podcasting TV shows about videogames didn't take off were the people who had the idea in the first place. I don't know if I'm typical (but apparently I am), but watching downloaded TV shows about videogames ranks at the bottom of my list of recreational "things to do." Up near the top of my is actually playing the videogames, followed by downloading mods to the games, and browsing news sites announcing new games. Somehow, I never get around to watching television shows featuring videogames, let alone downloading them and watching them on the computer I'm using to... well... play the games on.
Re:On my to-do list this is way down.. (Score:1)
I think gamers want to watch footage of the games they play, they just don't want to do it at a point where they could be easily playing themselves, or go to a lot of effort to get it up and running.
This is where sites like own-age.com reach a
"Online Video Game TV" ?!? (Score:2, Insightful)
There are three kinds of video game videos:
-Play footage.
-Reviews.
-Industry news.
As far as Play footage goes, I'd rather watch someone read a book. (Yes, there are exceptions, and while the survey doesn't say, I'm assuming it's American, and game culture in the US is very different than abroad.)
For the other two, podcast is the worst format. I want to scan, review and get the bottom line, which is something you can't do in an audio or video format
Re:"Online Video Game TV" ?!? (Score:1)
And the close friends of the person producing it. But even then, live humans go once or thrice and never again, unless they're asked to go again
Apparently..... (Score:1)
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Re:Doesn't surprise me (Score:2)
There has been a trend in recent years for FPS games to level the playing field a bit: they tend to be slower, more complicated and the strategies are more obvious, as the game leads you by the nose. Counterstrike, for exmaple is so slow I thought my avatar's shoe laces were tied tigether the first time I played - but that's the nature of the game. The relatively slow speed of play coupled w
Re:Doesn't surprise me (Score:2)
Anyone else not do podcasts at all? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Anyone else not do podcasts at all? (Score:1)
Personal web pages are similar, and I've never understood why so many people set up a web page. Do they really think that ANYONE out there would want to go to a web page when an e-mail would be a bet
I sure as hell don't (Score:2)
I subscribe to half a dozen different podcasts mainly covering 'soft' science and politics and a couple of entertainment ones, I can't get through the day without my daily Pennradio fix, but why would I want to listen to people talk about video games, trying to describe game mechanics or graphics when I can find that information without the waffle in less time?
A couple of looks by some reliable websites and I've seen what the graphics have to offer and read about the game mechanics. T
Revenue will help (Score:1)
You know whats wrong (Score:1)
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Re:You know whats wrong (Score:1)
umm... yeah... (Score:3, Insightful)
And there are no actual stats about "online videogame TV"...
And the author wasn't dismissing all "online videogame related video" like the poster suggests -- "I pull up gigabytes of game videos"...
I can only conclude that the poster didn't actually read the story, and that the slashdot editors are too busy smoking crack to notice... But what else is new? =)
Re:umm... yeah... (Score:1)
Re:umm... yeah... (Score:2, Interesting)
He's talking about the stupid headline, "No One Watches Online Videogame TV", which doesn't even fucking describe the article. It's not even the conclusion the article author himself makes. The article doesn't even have a real conclusion, except that he was wrong and he's probably wrong again.
Now the article isn't the holy grail, it's far from it. It takes a Forrester Research report worth $249.00 [forrester.com], imho misuses it [forrester.com] and throws in his own two cents. If the author had come to the conclusion made in the headli
Confused cause and effect? (Score:1)
I personally have a broadband connection
Why watch when you can play? (Score:2)
How can anyone take this seriously as sport? Smokescreens and lightshows and sponsorships
No kidding. You don't say. (Score:1)
On the other hand, that's no different from how I am in general I suppose. I basically never watch television or movies (whether related to video games or not) or listen to the radio or music or anything like that,
Re:I don't buy it (Score:2, Informative)
1% of USA population ~= 2,984,442
Regarding them lying - I think it's more likely that they're counting hits which don't equate 1:1 to a person.
Please mod parent up (Score:1)
The 1up Show and 1up Your's Podcast are awesome examples of gamer podcasts. For me I listen to the Kojima Productions Report, CAG Cast, Chatter Box Radio, Retro Gamer Radio, and Dual Screen Radio.
Gaming podcasts serves a need for content to play on my car MP3 player since music tends to go old fast. Basically, all you need is a CDRW and a knack to download any content. As long as the community wants to provide more content, more power to them and gives us less insentive to listen to any RIAA sanctioned
Re:Please mod parent up (Score:1)
Can we just call 'em MP3s? (Score:2)
I've tried on more than one occasion to get a "podcast" and the given site wanted me to "subscribe" with a "podcast program." Why can't I just get a link to the MP3 the way Allen Sniffen does? [computer.net] I don't want to subscribe, I just want a sample, thanks!
Maybe I missed something, but MP3 "podcasts" work just fine on my MP3 car CD player.
And while we're on Gaming TV, G4 stinks and I don
Re:Can we just call 'em MP3s? (Score:1, Informative)
A site like HackerMedia [hackermedia.org] is a great place to start, they even catalogue video shows.
Most of the shows on RantRadio [rantradio.com] and RantTV [ranttv.com] also operate in the same manner, such as GAMERadio [hwhq.com] and LagRadio [lag-radio.com].
And lets not forget about TextFiles.com [textfiles.com], Jason Scott's mirror of a little bit of everything, offering direct links to the files.
The ter
Not really surprising. (Score:2)
1) an expensive piece of hardware
2) a substantially higher-than-average level of understanding of both the internet, and how to move the information from the internet onto the expensive hardware
3) excessive amounts of free time, to watch the hours of worthless crap
Between work, social life, family, Netflix, and the online gaming I squeeze into the spare hour or two per week, I don't even have a 'favorite' TV show because I simply don't have the time available to watch it on a regular bas