• @alessandro@lemmy.caOP
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    21 hours ago

    …or the videogame is known to make views on youtube.

    Anyway, this don’t undermine the intention of the developer.

    • Grey Cat
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      512 hours ago

      Speedrunning isn’t THAT popular. If you want to chase trends there are much easier ways other than spending thousands of hours on a single game to have low chances of make a record.

      • idunnololz
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        Yeah I agree. the effort to profit ratio on speed running is so low there is no way anyone is doing it for profit over their love for the game.

        I tried speed running a game once and it was exhausting. It’s like accusing math professors of publishing papers for the money.

    • Sas [she/her]
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      19 hours ago

      A videogame making views on YouTube is only incentive for first playthroughs as views on YouTube are usually for people’s reactions to stuff. Speedrunning really usually is a passion project.