Fanfest In Game outfits question

[VraeliaValkyria]

I think this is highly unfair though. For this Fan Fest to be only bought.
"Is there a free version of the stream to watch?
No, the only way to enjoy the Fan Festival live stream will be to purchase it."

I was looking forward to watching this Fan Fest for months now. And I can't without paying. And I can't be there to actually experience it due to real life. <.< Thanks, SE.

[TheCurls]

I think this is highly unfair though. For this Fan Fest to be only bought.
"Is there a free version of the stream to watch?
No, the only way to enjoy the Fan Festival live stream will be to purchase it."

I was looking forward to watching this Fan Fest for months now. And I can't without paying. And I can't be there to actually experience it due to real life. <.< Thanks, SE.

The Live Letter should be free to watch. /shrug

[Avenger]

I think this is highly unfair though. For this Fan Fest to be only bought.
"Is there a free version of the stream to watch?
No, the only way to enjoy the Fan Festival live stream will be to purchase it."

I was looking forward to watching this Fan Fest for months now. And I can't without paying. And I can't be there to actually experience it due to real life. <.< Thanks, SE.

Although I'm in favor of SE making money on the game so that it can continue to operate, I don't see an overall benefit to paywalling the stream.

I expect they could have made a deal with Twitch/YouTube/NicoNico/etc. to stream the whole thing for "free." This would have been a nice thank you to all the players, and a nice promotion for the game, much as the 14-hour anniversary broadcast was. One particularly nice thing (for those who don't speak Japanese at least) is that the NA Fanfest presentations were in English (with live translation as necessary!) As such, it would have been a nice outreach to many English-speaking players and people who were interested in the game. The stream could also have included live podcasts and reports from the show floor during the gaps between the main stage panels.

I'm pretty OK with making the "exclusive" in-game items available for purchase (though that makes them less "exclusive") at some point for people who can't attend in person, and even charging for archived footage if the streaming provider won't do it for free. Though as an in-person attendee I do appreciate having some special things that you can *only* get or experience by being there in person! Even a timed exclusive is nice and doesn't unfairly penalize completionists.

I do wish that the stream archives had been included for in-person attendees because I missed most of the Nakagawa "Mr. Ozma" dev panel as I couldn't see or hear it from where I was standing in the hours-long merch line.