Early Access and NDA for video live broadcast

[Nauf]

CM rep said its NOT ALLOWED why is this topic still being discussed? , stream or don't , at the end of the day you are risking getting your channel removed from listings so you will be streaming to basically nobody and risk getting youre account banned. just don't do it until the 27th

[Kinseykinz]

It's quite strange that there is still an NDA on a product we have purchased. In fact, I believe that is illegal in most countries, including the US and Canada if memory serves me right.

You didn't purchase Early Access...it was a bonus for pre-ordering, not part of the game's cost. The product itself is only truly 'active' 8/27/13. That said, I can understand why SE is asking for people to wait until the 27th to post videos....they want to be able to control what gameplay videos are out until launch...and as the game developer they have that right. Also, letting people stream, kinda lessens the exclusiveness of EA, because as of now, only those with EA can actually see/play it. Everyone else will have to wait.

As to 'what time can we post' on the 27th...whatever time a non-EA player can log in for the first time, will be considered the official launch time of ARR, and that's when you can post videos. (Launch time will be announced later.)

[danteafk]

Still can`t understand this decision. They would get sooo much more players by letting popular streamers, stream this game.

[ovansama]

Its actually pretty smart because tons of people will have never seen gameplay outside of the SE youtube/stream. So they will pick the game up to try it rather then watching it.

Or ya know wait until players stream it to see if they truly like it or not delaying sales? Hurr

[RaineKun]

Hey guys, just wanted to say why not just enjoy the game and not worry about the whole NDA thing. The game comes out next Tuesday, that's like 4 days! I don't see why this is a big deal at the moment. Yes, it blows that we can't livestream this awesome game "YET!" but just have to be patient for a few more days then go crazy. I'm a livestreamer as well, and I did the whole screenshot thing but I was freaking out the whole time and having to check my channel every 5mins hoping I wasn't banned lol. But after watching, people's channel getting taken down and the whole DMCA ban... I didn't do it for Phase 4 and not going to stream on Early access. 4 more days guys, don't risk your account being banned... it's really not worth it to only gain viewers waiting for you to get banned.

[moriandrio]

Still can`t understand this decision. They would get sooo much more players by letting popular streamers, stream this game.

The followers of those streamers are ppl nobody actually want's on their servers.
Most of those "popular streamers" are exploiter that will get banned soon anyway and their followers are just lemmings who will quit as soon those streamers hopp to the next MMO

[Molly_Millions]

As we announced previously, video and audio taken during early access may not be posted or streamed.

Users are able to record video during early access (and previously, Beta 4) but may not post the video until launch.

Pwned!!!

/10

[Zezlar]

It sounds to me like Square is trying to pull the wool over some customers eyes with launch.

They are afraid of something if NDA hasn't been lifted by now. If the game had the mighty praise that people think it does, then Square would have lifted the video NDA long ago.

[Rydin]

Most of those "popular streamers" are exploiter that will get banned soon anyway

That's not true. There are quite a bit of genuine gamers who are popular and stream. They don't all use exploits and cheat. I'm not even a big fan of watching other people play games, but still I can recognize baseless slanderous comments when I see them.


To the point, the NDA is in place because despite Yoshi's overly optimistic post, they aren't quite sure they have the 3102 and 90000 problem corrected yet. Imagine mass streamers showing that?

Also, the unresponsiveness is still not gone. It's slightly better than before... but still not gone.

When you have a name like Final Fantasy, people will buy your game just off of name (And trailers) alone.
Despite the Ultra White Knightery, I have to believe there are people who wouldn't purchase the game at launch if we had been allowed to stream even in P4.

So the smart play for SE is "Get that initial payment first and hope the players feel obligated to stick around for a month"

[Hagito]

When you have a name like Final Fantasy, people will buy your game just off of name (And trailers) alone.

I bought 1.0 because of the name and trailers, was a bit disappointed when I realized the game was not worth it... I am glad they changed it :3 ARR is the game I was expecting to get (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))