EA/DICE Battlefield 1 collaboration with youtube channels

>>380839106
whether it was planned by EA or not - can't tell. However during the same stream where TGW bragged about this hint, they were asked by the viewers if they'll review the game or not(don't remember if they did) and if so, on what platform. The backstage crew said that they only have a PS4's but the host said that "he knows somebody who could get them new gaming PC's just to review it". Which I assume was somebody from DICE or EA.

Yet another channel is C&Rsenal which collaborates with TGW and deals with in-depth description and history of WW1 firearms. It came to life in 2015 and again - came out of nowhere. Somehow, an unknown gun collector decided that yes, this is something he's gonna buy equipment for and make a channel about it. Now he's better known but you get the point - it was pre-planned show, just like The Great War, the format and quality of the show was just as "professional" as it is now.

I'm not saying they're shills - in fact I believe all those 3 channels are very high quality and can recommend all of them but what surprised me is that they all kind of answer the problem that suit had early on. "Majority of people don't know anything about WW1" and so EA very likely helped to fund 2 of those 3 channels(FW is older than that and the guy who makes it works as a consultant in various companies for a looong time now) to make people... know something about WW1. That's pretty uncommon marketing scheme you wouldn't expect from EA.

Has any of you noticed other channels that at some point were "bringing knowledge about WW1 to the masses" around the time BF1 development was starting/going on?

This is pretty interesting anon but /v/ probably isn't the best place to discuss it.
I know for a fact they got the usual battlefield guys like levelcap and stuff to shill, but that's obvious. I know theres also another youtuber friends with the squad up crew who does WW1 history videos that was probably involved.

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>>380839106
I like what you're saying, but FUCK I wish /v/ could actually have these discussions

Interesting

>>380839106
Most will be written in on contracts, either for a set period of time, or for a certain number of videos.

This can translate to a specific number of hours total, or gameplay time over a set period of days,weeks,months etc.

These are the most obvious advertisers on already large gaming channels, however most of these now admit when they have been sponsored, or you can figure it out yourself, if you have anything close to average critical thinking skills.

Another aspect is similar to the thread you are plucking. Avoiding sponsoring and working around content creators altogether.

Companies will actively pay for views,likes,traffic and deploy bots for comment sections in order to boost videos that will drum up interest in their game.

Now moving up the chain further, the backhand funds to social media, google and the companies it owns.

Advertisement has become less in your face and more subversive. It actively attempts to manipulate you, building false communities, comments and hype to try and sway you.