Game Industry: Gameplay Videos Copyright Violation?

So it's buy the game and watch the trailer from the company itself and not from people who bought it already

They just don't want you to see how much their game sucks until after you shell out the cash for it.

So, they don't want any free publicity, and in a world-wide economy like this? Fine, then they can go f*kk themselves. They just won't sell as many games as they usually do.

What probably really annoys these companies isn't the videos but the perceived loss of control over marketing. Game studio marketing departments always want to release videos that are 100% CG/cutscene.

A lot of the game videos out there flaunt the bugs and flaws of games, Just look at all the Gears of War 2 bug videos on youtube.

Japan's dumbass execs strike again!

First video... my fav FF game and a very nice japanese voice? A sure win :D

And about the principal subject....if software houses are scared of gameplay videos then maybe is time to make better games.......

XSportSeeker is right when final users need to see how the final product is and not covered by fake pics and videos....

Anyone noticed that lately demos are available many days if not weeks AFTER the game is sold?

Usually combo exhibitions are usually what draws me back into fighting games of Tales of - games.

Awesome, Detective Conan music.

Oh I used the title picture as my wallpaper for quite a while! But mine doesn't have those stats and life bars..

And damn, how else could we get tutorial on doing secret moves on fighting games? How to beat almost-impossible bosses in rpgs?

I thought Miku is the 1st Vocaloid..Thn y is her type Vocaloid2..?

Lol, this kinda reminds me of that one time when Rockstar decided to remove some of the videos of GTAIV from youtube when it first came out. Well that didn't stop people posting game play videos on youtube now did they? =D

Stopping free promotion of their products seems kind of obtuse.

I suppose next they will be claiming fan made guides are illegal because they rely on the company's intellectual property and reduce the value of "official" guides.

So it's basically a few companies griping about Let's Play videos?

... lolwut.

(also, might I recommend the fantastic Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Let's Play done by Xkeeper? http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=72F6E6F7ABFDE32B)

Just an fyi, they use the reading Jikkyou, not Jitsugen, dunno why.

and heres to nico NOT banning these things, s'how I kill time when raping my bandwith for eroge >_>;

I could listen to the narrator from the first video talk for hours.

I would hope no one considers Vocaloid2 a video game. At least different from the incarnation of the software pictured at the start of the article I mean...

I watched a series of them on Half Life 2. The guy who voiced it was hilarious..

Oh my gawd....... fair use is fair use, you can not gain profit from all distribution, you can however gain profit from profit.

I, for one, will say this: I NEVER buy a game nowadays if I don't get to see an actual gameplay video NOT done by the company who made the game.

And my game collection is pretty big.

Gameplay "trailers" are very well known nowadays to have lots of editing, and sometimes even photoshopping and other scams just to make the game look like it's better than it really is.

And since I'm not an early adopter, my method usually is either watching videos of actual player, or finding a way to playtest it before buying, either by getting demos, or by pirating it.

Also, nowadays I'm not that much into gaming anymore. So if for some reason, gameplay videos, demos and pirated copies where to suddenly vanish, I'd just stop buying games period.

rofl i like how one of the comments @ 0:30 saids "HENTAI"

Game play videos are copyright infringements - that's really dumb. I guess I can see the point, but it would stupid to actually try to enforce it. If someone makes a game play video, it's because they're a fan. Most American companies seem to encourage rather than discourage fan made videos, often displaying really good ones on their web pages.

What?
Miku's power level isn't over 9000?

I guess those game companies doesn't have an idea that gameplay videos posted at video sharing sites and gameplay images posted at sites helps with the promotion and marketing of the game...

This is just dumb >.>

Woah, now this STUPID SHIT THING even reaching to game world...?

What they wanna do now? Sue Youtube and nico-nico douga?

If eventualy both video streaming site remove all vids, what next? suing bloggers?

Geez!