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by savanaly 3958 days ago
> very niche. Yes, but I don't think that means it's doomed. Every site doesn't have to be youtube or twitch.

> very unattractive. Your complaint is extremely subjective and evidently false for tons of people considering the brisk business game guide companies have done for decades and that streamers do on twitch and youtube today.

> very monetizeable. Yes.
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Mithaldu 3958 days ago
> Your complaint is extremely subjective and evidently false for tons of people

Possibly, but please consider this: Game guides and gamefaqs.com contain reference works wherein one can go and look up details when one is stuck. One doesn't usually read the whole thing to learn how to play the game in the most efficient way (unless it's competitive or has complexity on the level of a programming language, like Minecraft).

> streamers do on twitch and youtube today

I'm unaware of twitch streamers or youtubers who primarily teach how to play a game. Can you point out examples of those? I'm really curious.

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FilterSweep 3958 days ago
> One doesn't usually read the whole thing to learn how to play the game in the most efficient way (unless it's competitive or has complexity on the level of a programming language, like Minecraft). I'm not sure about game guides, but:

1) Walkthroughs are absolutely not the only type of guide that GameFAQs houses. It has never been only walkthroughs, even from its very early beginnings. The easiest example of this is Fighting games, which will have in-depth strategy and gameplay guides made specifically for each player.

2) GameFAQs has had a forum for ages, which also has this as the primary topic of discussion. It was in fact the first forum that I ever participated in as a young child, along with some #IRC channels.

> I'm unaware of twitch streamers or youtubers who primarily teach how to play a game. Can you point out examples of those? I'm really curious.

You're being facetious. Do you not know how to Google as well? I'm really serious. :edit:In the offchance you aren't feigning ignorance[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/user/OneHiveRaids

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Mithaldu 3958 days ago
> Fighting games

Those are competitive, which i addressed in my post. Note that the original article specifically mentions the Elder Scrolls series as an example.

> GameFAQs has had a forum for ages

In forums you go in and ask your question. Again, it functions like a reference work.

> You're being facetious.

That is a highly uncalled for accusation, and i am serious. (Though it may not have been entirely clear that i was excluding the two categories mentioned in the paragraph before that question.)

> https://www.youtube.com/user/OneHiveRaids

Again, that is about a competitive game.

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FilterSweep 3958 days ago
This took me no more than 20 seconds of Youtube search.

As it stands, the author did not provide a specific Elder Scrolls game, he generically referenced the series, but to take from the most recent RPG, Skyrim, here's the secrets of lockpicking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5fZobDqQbU

Heres how to make your wife hot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozn-byvM8GU

For their newer, online MMORPG game, heres some strategy to increase your income:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtZpUPGxWzg

Oh, it's specific users you ask? https://www.youtube.com/user/deltiasgaming

IGN Magazine has some good tips as well: https://www.youtube.com/user/IGNentertainment

Full disclosure: I have never played an elder scrolls game in my life. But my friends have. From the front page of my search results alone, I have a good feel of how it works.

I don't mean to offend, but your comment betrays either laziness or profound inability to run a search query.

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Mithaldu 3958 days ago
The middle two links are competitive, but the first two are legit.

I don't want to believe that there actually exists a market for people who'd subscribe to such, but you are right that such content exists, and maybe there is a market.

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savanaly 3958 days ago
> I'm unaware of twitch streamers or youtubers who primarily teach how to play a game. Can you point out examples of those? I'm really curious.

Picking three random games off the top of my head

- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvEIxIeBRKSjprrvlbAcb...

- https://www.youtube.com/user/foxdropLoL/featured

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbmd4eRNwnE

I did not pick any pure let's play-ers, even though those video/streams can be quite informative and serve a basically identical purpose to the Prima guides of yesteryear.

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