It's actually quite simple. Sony, Microsoft, Gearbox, Nintendo, Activision, Bethesda, ALL the big gaming companies pay YouTube for advertising. It's a MASSIVE portion of YouTube's revenue. Rose Tinted Spectrum showed the wonders of the retro games we grew up with and made us all want to go out and get retro games and emulators and relive our childhood instead of buying new games. Every penny we spend on retro games and emulators from private collectors and vendors is a penny these big game companies don't get. Rose Tinted Spectrum interfered with their revenue, so they had YouTube shut it down. For obvious reasons, YouTube will side with the companies that pay them millions of dollars every year over the creators, who don't.
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Re: "A Slap In The Face Of All Creators" - YouTube Terminates Popular Retro Gaming Channel Without Warning
It's actually quite simple. Sony, Microsoft, Gearbox, Nintendo, Activision, Bethesda, ALL the big gaming companies pay YouTube for advertising. It's a MASSIVE portion of YouTube's revenue. Rose Tinted Spectrum showed the wonders of the retro games we grew up with and made us all want to go out and get retro games and emulators and relive our childhood instead of buying new games. Every penny we spend on retro games and emulators from private collectors and vendors is a penny these big game companies don't get. Rose Tinted Spectrum interfered with their revenue, so they had YouTube shut it down. For obvious reasons, YouTube will side with the companies that pay them millions of dollars every year over the creators, who don't.