The first thing to know is that board games are a unique pastime compared to IGN, a major video game review channel with 16.5 million subscribers, and the latest Elden Ring review received 3.4 million views. : The biggest channels of board games are The Dice Tower և Watch It Plaid , both with less than 300,000 subscribers. As a YouTube channel, BoardGameGeek has 135,000 subscribers, and although Quackalope is one of the largest board game channels, it has only 37,700 subscribers. So it's kind of unrealistic to criticize that it's a commercial և to sell to a company that designs Kickstarter board games. Alden Ring seems to have sold 10 million copies on PC alone, a successful board game that sold 10,000 Kickstarters. If anyone really wants to make a fortune selling themselves on YouTube, they must choose a theme other than board games.
However, the small size of the market գնահատ evaluation of community board games are perfect. YouTube board game content creators often make kids talk about new toys. Although the market for board games is much smaller than the market for video games, the price of individual games is usually higher. Most importantly, your total commitment to Kickstarter projects can be as high as $ 500 or more. As a consumer tip, a YouTube content creator who enthusiastically plays the company's prototype Kickstarter is not ideal. Basically, what the influential person says should be put aside, և they should try to shed as much light as possible on the game, especially if they are playing with the camera, see if you are attracted to the game.
In general, reviews of good video games are more analytical. Many video game review sites have a rating system, such as graphics, history, etc. For Alden Ring alone, many reviewers have recently abandoned the analysis method and are outraged. Most of the hints for board games are as follows: It's very rare that a YouTube board game reviewer recommends reviewing the game. The only thing you can expect is that the critics admit that not all board games are suitable for everyone, so if you like high-themed beer և pretzel games, you probably will not like this game. European complex and very abstract.
With the exception of some dice tower or "acceptance stamp" suggestions, at least YouTube board game reviewers do not use the rating results. Fortunately, the results of the BoardGameGeek review are ubiquitous and not very helpful. And if we talk about utilities, where YouTube table game channels are different from game reviews, there is other useful information. Rodney Smith watched this game patiently, explaining the rules of each game to his audience. If you are new to the game of board games, it is usually helpful to watch the video correctly before reading the rule book. And to learn a game, to make a purchase decision, it is very good to see what someone else is playing.
Overall, I do not think it's bad for gaming companies to send prototypes of their games to YouTube reviewers or sometimes pay for video games. Many years ago I said on this blog that you can buy my opinion, but it will cost you 100,000. You can not buy free games or make people as cheap as money. If YouTube is very excited about the prototype, it usually happens because they are very happy to play it early. And some of the comments, called payouts, are too much for other jealous players who do not get that initial entry. Beginners of board games have a high level of delivery, but most of the time they go late. It's a little annoying to see someone enjoy playing, knowing that even if it's funded, you won't play for 2 years or more.
