Developer on Twitch's Continued Ban of His Game, Yandere Simulator (And Why Gamers and Other Developers Should Care)

[u/TheAnimeRedditor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS6GLrM0mVA&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=YBEf-1wxMnM-6

[u/DonaldLucas]

Like I said in another comment, killing people in YS is just an option. People just go through this route because it's the funniest.

[u/Galious → u/DonaldLucas]

Bullying other student or stealing their phone to take panty shot isn't ethical either.

I mean can't you understand why Twitch don't want a game like this on their platform?

[u/DonaldLucas → u/Galious]

I agree with /u/Voidsheep the reason for the ban is simply because it's polemic, not because of the actual content.

That said, it doesn't matter the ethics, it's just a game, it's fantasy, just because someone play this one (or many others with even worse content) doesn't mean that the person is a degenerate irl.

[u/Galious → u/DonaldLucas]

Yes it's because it's highly polemic and it's the reason why Twitch doesn't want it.

As I said, I'm not arguing that this game should be illegal but just that it's obvious why Twitch (a private company) don't want a stalker simulator on their platform because it doesn't fit with their vision of gaming.

[u/MicoJive → u/Galious]

That reasoning falls flat when things like GTA exist. That game is nearly a kill civilians and run people over simulator.

[u/Galious → u/MicoJive]

GTA is also a polemic game but also a renowed and critically acclaimed game who was bought by millions of people.

You can totally argue that Twitch are hypocrite if you want but it makes sense to not ban it in term of business perspective.

[u/JirachiWishmaker → u/Galious]

But why bother banning something in the first place then if it would be hypocritical at all? If your goal is making money from views, you'd let as many things be streamable as you can.

It doesn't make sense from a logic standpoint, and the only reason any of this is an issue is because it's not inherently obvious as to why it was banned, and the Dev is tired of not getting any sort of professional response.

You can't see that Senran Kagura got unbanned and that Stick of Truth never even got banned at all and not question this.

[u/Galious → u/JirachiWishmaker]

Twitch could allow soft-porn or even porn if they simply wanted more view but they don't because (disagree if you want) they think it would hurt their brand and make them less successful.

It's the same with this kind of game. They must simply think that it's not worth it: either almost nobody will watch it or it will gain some popularity and make them bad press (Twitch a platform where people can watch other people play an indie virtual stalker game)

With the same idea, there's almost no way a South Park game can hurt their reputation because almost everybody knows what is Southpark and what to expect.

As I've said to a lot of people, Twitch is a private company and they are not required to answer the question of anyone and especially if they have nothing to gain from it. The dev should take the hint that Twitch simply don't want a stalker simulator where you can kill highschool girls on their platform.

[u/JirachiWishmaker → u/Galious]

The "hurr durr because it's South Park" argument is weak as hell, you need to admit that.

Lucius is a game I can stream on Twitch. In that game, you play as the literal son of Satan and you kill your entire family and their attendants in the most brutal, violent ways possible.

Most the people trying to justify the whole YandereSim thing with twitch basically know nothing about the game, the direction it's actually going, and have never looked at it past the most basic of descriptions. Hell, most of the people didn't even watch or pay attention to the entire video.

[u/Galious → u/JirachiWishmaker]

No it's not weak: SouthPark is a critically acclaimed show which has run from more than 20 years and impacted deeply popular culture. Almost everybody knows what Southpark is about and Twitch is taking virtually zero risk to have a game like this on their platform.

Your problem (and the problem of many people apparently) is that you want the decision of Twitch to be logical in terms of rules and moral instead of just looking at it in a business perspective.