One of the trends in recent years that has led to the rise in platforms like Twitch and YouTube Gaming is watching gamers stream their games live. This is great when a new game has been launched and people are curious as to whether or not it might be worth their money, and in addition to reviews and gameplay videos, watching someone play through a game live is another way of determining whether it could be worth your time and money.
Unfortunately it seems that gamers shouldn’t expect that for Nintendo games because in an update to the Nintendo Creators Program, YouTubers will no longer be allowed to live stream their games. For those unfamiliar, the Nintendo Creators Program is where Nintendo will allow YouTubers who post videos about their games to earn a portion of ad revenue, whereas prior to that all of the ad revenue for these videos would go straight to Nintendo.
With the change to the policy, live streaming will no longer fall under the Nintendo Creators Program. This means that broadcasters will have to choose to either live stream their videos on a non-registered account, or cancel their YouTube channel’s registration with the Nintendo Creators Program.
It is clear that many gamers are questioning the company’s decision and changes to the policy as it doesn’t make sense, but then again Nintendo has come up with some pretty controversial ideas in the past which has irked fans and gamers alike, so we suppose this shouldn’t be too surprising.