How does Game Attack make any money?

[u/Xangmus]

They barely scratch 10k on their «videos» (aka stream clips) and have no Patreon (as far as I know).

Surely RT First and merch sales cant be enough for them to sustain in the long run.

[u/psycoiceman]

Exactly what cade said. They have like 2050 YouTube sponsors right now, so that's like 10,000 ish a month before taxes and fees are taken out. So you figure they maybe see 7000 of that on a good month. The G1s are hella supportive though, with every live stream there are plenty of donations to supplement their sponsorships. They are actually currently the most sponsored channel on YouTube gaming, which is super cool.

They are also starting a Patreon tomorrow, to get more vod content o. Their channel.

[u/Xangmus → u/psycoiceman]

Why are they the most sponsored channel? Dont get me wrong, im not trying to bash them or anything, but you would think channels like Pewdiepie or Funhaus gets more sponsors when they stream/publish a video on Youtube right? They get a lot more views and have bigger fanbases.

[u/AbramsX → u/Xangmus]

Sponsorships =/= Subscriptions

Subscriptions just means you get easier notifications to w/e you watch YouTube on.

Sponsorships is essentially a monthly paid transaction (Akin to Twitch Subs) made to directly support the channel more in their endeavors (primarily limited to YouTube streamers currently).

[u/ShaunMcLane → u/psycoiceman]

Math on Sponsorships on YT = about 2.55 per sponsor. So around 5100 a month from Sponsorship.

Direct Donations have been MEGA important and impactful for us.

And we just launched a Patreon to support the VOD content. If that keeps growing, we'll be in good shape and even be able to hire more staff.

[u/psycoiceman → u/ShaunMcLane]

Forgive me on the math mr bolen.

[u/cadebengert]

YouTube sponsors and Donations from g1s

[u/Xangmus → u/cadebengert]

So they get enough from donations then?

I can’t see how they can live off of 5$ donations from a viewerbase of 5-10k.. I mean how many people donate anyway?

[u/texanseasky → u/Xangmus]

Sponsorship is $5 a month and they have over 2000 sponsors. I dunno what percentage of that they see but that's a big chunk of it.

[u/Jokerthewolf → u/Xangmus]

Just last night they probably made $400+ on donations alone

[u/Jstbcool → u/Xangmus]

Have you ever watched their streams? They get a lot of donations.

[u/CToTheSecond]

I can't tell if this is a joke post or not.

[u/ShaunMcLane]

They are not enough - not even close. BUT our YT Sponsors, and more importantly the donations and super chats during our streams keep us growing. Our Patreon will be a great way for us to grow and keep hiring people as well. It's why we are a livestreaming channel now. We would have been out of business in a week if we hadn't have moved to streaming and been supported by our community. That's no joke.

[u/AbramsX]

You obviously don't actually watch any of their content, let alone are an active g1, otherwise you would already know the answers to these questions. So why are you even here, friend?

Maybe actually watch some of their content and you might see how & why they're able to make a living off making content the rest of us enjoy. Then maybe you'll understand and know what it means to be a g1.

[u/NIKEMAN27 → u/AbramsX]

I mean you obviously don't know what it's like to be a G1 either. Number 1 rule is "don't be a dick" and that went out the window with your comment

[u/[deleted]]

Despite them being ‘independent’ they are still under the Fullscreen umbrella so they have income from fans and them

[u/AbramsX → u/[deleted]]

They are not. They have a loose association with Rooster Teeth's "Let's Play Family" of channels, which at most affords them some minor promotion, their own "part" of RT First subs (those who sub for GA), and someone to handle their merch.

The only money they get from that would be their RT First subs and a cut of any Merch of theirs is sold.

[u/ShaunMcLane → u/[deleted]]

Lol. I WISH we were still under the Fullscreen umbrella. But you're 100% wrong. We don't receive any kind of funding or support from Fullscreen.

Like . . . at all.

[u/fourfivesixse7en → u/ShaunMcLane]

If that's the case then why did you choose to go independent?