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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Except for the people that try to cheat to do it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month 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.