Warner Bros. Paid PewDiePie & Other YouTubers For Positive Reviews.
>In a blockbuster finding by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Warner Bros. was discovered to have paid popular YouTube “influencers” to give positive reviews of their games, hype specific sales avenues and even provide filmed play-sessions (commonly called “Let’s Plays” in YouTube Gaming parlance) that ignored bugs and minimized flaws or negative criticisms – all without disclosing the consumers that these presentations were paid advertisements in disguise.
source?
What's the last good game Warner Bros. published?
>>71909000
http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12157310/pewdiepie-youtubers-sponsored-videos-ftc-warner-bros
Use google mate, there's a lot of articles
>>71908976
Not OP. Found a few articles on it from around 2 days ago though. Nice trips btw.
http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/warner-bros-pewdiepie-ftc-1201811908/
umm ppl didn't know that most notable let's play personalities were paid lol
>>71908976
Gee. I wonder who tipped them.
>>71908976
Let's players are faggots
#GamerGate wins again
Can't wait until Marzia is forced to peddle her pussy on the street lmao
>>71908976
Which games are they talking about?
>>71909039
noice
i wish this suprised me, but it doesn't at all
>>71908976
It's over. Pewdiepie is finished
>>71909026
Arkham Knight?
I used to like Pewdiepie's videos (fuck off, I was young) but it's pretty obvious that he's a complete sellout now.
He barely even plays videogames anymore.
>>71909026
Lego Batman?
What's next? Makeup companies paying beauty bloggers?!
>>71909272
>fuck off I was young
You must still be young then.
>>71909200
some lotr game
Shouldn't this be on /v/?
Don't give me this: "Well, WB make movies so hurrr" They make games also, so this belongs on fucking /v/
>>71908976
/tv/ BTFO
>hurr there's no paid reviews you fucking retarded autists
>>71908976
Games journalism has been transparently awful and corrupt for over a decade.
This isn't news.
Also Pewdiepie and one who watches Let's Play or other friend simulators instead of actually playing the games deserves to die. Seriously.
>>71909413
>PewDiePie
>video games
>WB
It has nothing to do with movies. Film critics trashed all recent WB movies.
When are they going to go after Disney? Because it's getting ridiculous
>>71909165
It's time to go back to your chan.
>>71909440
Let's plays aren't all like Pewdiepie, or even normally like Pewdiepie, yet many people seem to think they are.
It's also funny how crazy upset people get over (real or imagined) "friend simulators" yet have no problem with watching porn aka sex simulators.
>>71909272
>fuck off, I was young
and you're so old and wise now, right? i mean 2 years ago is a long long time
>>71909535
People know what let's plays are like. They're all retarded, kid.
>>71909117
There's a difference between knowing and proving.
>>71909583
If you think they're all like Pewdiepie, then no, you don't know what they're like. Kid.
>>71909401
its proof that WB is heavily involved in internet shilling.
>>71909589
>There's a difference between knowing and proving.
not on /tv/ there isn't
>>71909457
considering all the bullshit youtube threads that are up 24 fucking 7 on /tv/, your argument holds no water.
>>71909617
>>>71909589 (You)
>>There's a difference between knowing and proving.
>not on /tv/ there isn't
why do people quote entire one line posts?
JUST
>>71909606
Retardation (read: pewdiepie imitation) is proportionate to views though.
>>71909661
>Anonymous 07/12/16(Tue)16:46:29 No.71909661 ▶
> >>71909617
> >>>71909589 (You)
> >>There's a difference between knowing and proving.
> >not on /tv/ there isn't
> why do people quote entire one line posts?
>>71909519
Nah,
>>71909661
>why do people quote entire one line posts?
For emphasis and sometimes dumb motherfuckers don't read the post the person is replying to and take them out of context.
>>71909677
SHILL
>>71908976
>in other news, water is wet
>>71909505
Yeah. Disney does this shit all the time and no one cares
>>71909272
>YESHTADAY
>>71909761
Prove it.
but that's just a paranoid conspiracy theory
its impossible for two people or groups of people to deceptively cooperate behind the scenes for mutual gain
tinfoil paranoid etc
>pewdiepie
Literally who?
>>71909912
someone who's incomparably more influential than any of the """""critics""""" worshipped by this board
>>71909351
>>71909550
You retards realize that he has been active on Youtube for more than 5 years, right?
I don't like PewDiePie but he always discloses if his videos were sponsored.
>>71909272
When I was young I thought he was shit, so no excuses.
>batman v superman bombs
>civil war does well critically
>"disney paying off reviewers"
>it comes out warner/dc actually does pay reviews
god i wish i had a laughing evans folder
>>71909606
They're all the same. You don't have to get so butthurt about this.
>>71910057
You realise that if you weren't so insecure about what you like you wouldn't have to point out that you were young?
>>71908976
I really hope no one is shocked by this.
The whole "youtube is by the people for the people" thing is bollocks.
How does this confirm they got paid for positive reviews? It just means they got paid to review the games, nothing about that they have to be positive about them.
>Youtube e-celebrities
Go away
>>71909026Witcher 3
Also Mad Max.
So,the two best games of last year
This deal was just for one game, Shadow of Mordor. It wasn't for a movie.
>>71910164
When I was young my dad would take me to the parades
>>71908976
What does this have to do with television/film?
>>71910257
>Paid by creator to review their game
>Not disclosed that fact
That's illegal in itself.
>>71909583
>'kid'
>anime picture
>>71910264
>Witcher 3
PDP did two videos on Witcher 3 and dropped it almost immediately.
He disclosed that he got paid to do that.
Must suck to be a ytber like him, he can't just play 200+ hours of Witcher 3 because there is a lot of shit videos to shoot.
Also I think that W3 was Bandai-Namco.
>>71910239
Hello, summer.
>e-celebs isn't /tv/
>paid shilling for games isn't /tv/
>>71910302
Isn't that kind of the fault of the reviewer to not disclose that it's a sponsored review?
>>71909583
>that post
ew
>>71910259
PewDiePie is a Celebrity Celebrity, being the most watched person on the planet and all.
Which makes no sense to me after watching one of his shitty Flappy Bird videos a few years ago.
>>71909440
So is he going to receive death and rape threats
>>71908976
you do realize that's like the point of what he's doing right? he can reach millions of viewers that traditional advertising won't reach/work on. social media influencers are the new advertising platform.
business is business. now get this thread outta here
>>71910400
We can only hope.
Pewdiepie is a creepy looking bastard
"YouTubers" are jizz guzzling worthless, useless, pandering, self important wastes of oxygen, is this news to anyone at this point?
>>71909535
People watch porn for extra stimulation during masturbation. Nobody trying to make any form of connection with the performers.
I guess we know who makes all those endless BvS threads now.
It's good to know that at least they're not doing it for free.
>>71910188
Exactly, this proves Disney paid more
>>71908976
> YouTube influencer PewDiePie
is our country really this fucked?
>>71910376
Who said otherwise?
WB paid to get their products on channels, that's legal, thats called advertising.
What is NOT legal is for a youtuber to fail to say "this is an advert" or words to that effect.
>mfw death grips told anthony fantano to shill them
>for free
>>71908976
>>71909128
>DCucks insisted that Disney is paying off critics
>mfw it turns out Warner Bros. is the one who is paying off critics
>mfw Warner Bros. probably created half of the "DAWN OF CAPEKINO" threads
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DKEKS ETERNALLY BTFO!
>i hate pewdiepie the lets player
>always blame Disney about buying reviews
>it was WB the entire time
>>71908976
Pewdiepie often writes that a video is sponsored by this or that company though.
>>71910520
Pottery.
>>71910473
Hello Warner Bros. intern, how much are you getting paid to post on here?
>>71909272
Fuck off
>>>/v/
>>71910520
>>71910528
>Writes
So it's easily overlooked.
>>71910509
The article's talking about video games.
>youtubers are confirmed lying paid shills
>some of the have resorted to getting 13 year old kids into gambing on GS:GO and lying about owning the websites rakng in money from them.
>all those prank/e-celeb news channels
Youtube is in dire need of a purge, I remember when the videos I used to watch were shit like Kimbo Slice punching out bums in people's backyards....Now its full of aids and "reviewers".
>WB buying reviews
Wait a second, wasn't Disney supposed to be the one constantly buying reviews?
Wow, that's it. Gaming """""""""""""""""""""""""journalism""""""""""""""""""""""""" is finally dead! I can't believe my eyes! #wow
>>71910572
Since it has been confirmed that Warner Bros. will happily pay off YouTubers it isn't a stretch to think they would pay off film critics too. Meanwhile there's 0% proof that Disney has ever paid off anyone. Face it DCuck, you've just been fucked hard.
>>71908976
>ShillDiePie paid to be a cuck about games
Stop the fucking presses
>>71908976
why would pewdiepie need their money when he has the biggest channel on youtube?
Again, the marketing suits at WB are FUCKING IDIOTS. Shadow of Mordor didn't need extra publicity. They should have spent that bribe money on their films division.
>>71910607
Disney was the one that wasn't caught, though. If you're going to do something illegal, ensure plausible deniability..
>>71909263
a little dissapointing but yeah the arkham games are the only good thing WB puts out
>>71910709
Why would he refuse a lot of money?
>>71910619
Gaming journalism was never alive to begin with.
>>71908976
What does any of this have to do with tv or film?
You underage fucks need to go back to /v/.
>>71910748
thatsthejoke.jpg
>>71910709
>"""""enough money"""""
>>71910762
It's an excuse to fill my empty Evans folder.
>>71908976
>PewDiePie
>making hela cash with youtube red like a hoe he is.
https://www.google.com/search?q=pewdiepie+net+worth
>>71909263
>>71910731
hmmmmm
>>71910727
You're joking right? You're pretending right? It was a gag, a ruse.
>>71908976
>Shadow of Mordor
This is the same exact scandal from 20 months ago. Get something new and I'll be interested. Everyone already knew about this.
They're very conveniently talking more about it now in hopes of deflecting from rampant bullshit reviews around Ghostbusters.
>>71909606
>Being an apologist for Let's Plays
Wowee and I was just about to kill myself for even replying
>>71908976
I'm no lawyer but can Let's Plays really be defined as "reviews"?
>>71910550
how does it feel to be a self-hating faggot?
>>71911054
Yes.
But this isn't an issue of reviews, it's paid advertisement that was not declared an advert.
>>71909610
have you seen the BvS threads? Duh
>>71910520
If one company is doing it, surely the others are you reeeeeeeeetard.
Send this to scarce on twitter, fuck pewdiepie lmao
>>71911662
Hello Warner Bros., shouldn't you be spamming capekino threads right now?
>>71908976
Wow, the media is biased and corrupt? What a fascinating development! Oh wait, no it isn't. This shit is plainly obvious to anyone with a functioning brain. Fucking retards
I imagine it's like The Devil's Advocate, just replace lawyer with "reviewer"
>>71910057
5 years ago I was 25 and never heard of this pewdiefaggot until now.
Fuck off underage,
Kids nowadays literally sit at their computer to watch other people play videogames. Ill never understand this.
>paid reviews
WOAH NO WAY HOW COULD THIS BE HAPPENING!?
>>71915336
It's relaxing and a sort of friend simulator.
>>71908976
Holy shit the goobergaters were right
>>71915948
>being this slow
This isn't about "oh wow how did this start happening" you fucking dunce, it's about the reviewers in question, mainly that some of them tried to affect an air of incorruptibility.
How the fuck are you so fucking retarded? Get out
>>71908976
>>71909039
>Under the terms of the agreement, Warner Bros. is banned from failing to disclose similar deals in the future, and cannot pretend that sponsored videos and articles are actually the work of independent producers.
How is that part of the agreement? Isn't it already law that you can't do that?
Isn't that exactly why Warner Bros got sued this time?
>>71916028
Did you seriously not detect the sarcasm in the statement I made?
And you call me slow?
Let's play ≠ review
Also I can't believe people are surprised that the big youtubers are shills, it's been painfully obvious for a while.
>>71909272
WHEN I WAS
>>71909337
They do. Beauty & fashion blogs are heavily paid for.
