https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikka...ing-ban-is-ludicrous-and-absurd/#5a4041641bb1 I honestly think it's not as bad as the entire community says it is. Yes not being able to stream Persona 5 is a bummer, but it's not permanent. The real reason behind the ban is that Atlus wants people to actually play the game and experience everything themselves rather than watch someone else do it. ........ Which sounds incredibly Noble to me. If Atlus is willing to make such a risky move that just says how confident they are about how great Persona 5 is. That also says Altus doesn't like the modern gaming which is mainly dependant of streaming and earning revenue from these streams. I guess Atlus really wants people to play Persona 5 like the past. I don't really mind it at all, I can understand where Atlus is coming from; but just the way they execute it was a bit wrong. Yet what I really have a problem with is how the communities are reacting to this. A very known Twitch Streamer made a campaign titled "Fuck Atlus" with more than 500 users supporting this because he wanted to earn revenue from streaming Persona 5. And people are responding by posting spoilers on Atlus Twitter page. Seriously people?! Instead of trying to voice your opinions or band together to convince Atlus to remove the ban, they respond by posting spoilers and making a campaign titled "**** Atlus"?! All because they can't stream one game which they can wait for a couple of weeks so instead post spoilers and ruin other people's experience.
Yeah, no, Atlus is being dumb as ****. Being openly hostile to their base who would stream/LP their game. A game which is very niche in the West and would have gotten some serious exposure from streams and LPs. Now, had they simply kept to request territory and not go and threaten streamers/Let's Players then they would have been fine, but they didn't. I understand why they did it, it is a noble reason, but the way they are going about it is horrifically counter productive. Besides, the game has been out for nearly half a year in Japan and they are suddenly worried about spoilers? Ironically, doing this ended up causing the Streisand effect and now there are people posting spoilers in retaliation for their hostile idiocy towards streaming their game.
I agree, Atlus has a really good reason to do this but they did it the complete wrong way. I kinda understand why so many people are upset, but they could've easily done so much more to handle this problem correctly. They could come together and make a petition to convince Atlus to lift the ban or even done more. But instead they're making a campaign titled "**** Atlus" which is the same studio that delayed the release of Persona 5 numerous times just to perfected the game for it's fans. People are hating Atlus, a studio that actually cares for their fans and goes the above and beyond just to make their fans happy. In fact the whole Stream ban is for the whole sake of their fans, and they're being extremely hated meanwhile these same people are enjoying Persona 5 while describing their personal hatred for Atlus at the same time. This is so petty and immature I cannot stress on how wrong this. They could've done so much more to make the situation better but instead they throw a massive temper tantrum.
It would have been more reasonable to go, "Hey, could you guys please hold off on streaming for about a week after launch?" Instead they went "If you stream WE WILL TAKE YOU THE **** DOWN!" They should have seen it coming in all honesty.
