Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Is Asking Players Not To Stream Before Official Release

@proceeder: I remember working 3x 12s when sw-fa came out, and really looked forward to some days off and getting to see it. While checking a chest tube drain, late in the morning. the news was playing on the patients tv and the news caster off-handedly mentioned a characters demise. Even the other news caster with a big O on his lip, said 'i do not think you should have said that!" Darn... no biggie. It still took some of the fun away for sure that weekend, and reduced the value of the product I ultimately purchased.

The problem is twitch streamers alone reached 3.8 million early this year, and it does not matter the content only the clicks and views. Which means more and more open with spoil shots or like gamespot above 'gotcha headlines'. Or still frames that are spoilers. I am a grown adult who can easily wait until a game comes out to play it without having to watch streams of it before hand. But like so many that complain, you are seeing it pervade everyones daily life. When navigate your news, work, and everyday content required by life in this modern world, people are finding surprising spoilers in areas they would never expect, like google news for example.

Should the vast majority of paying consumers then hide their heads in the sand in order to obtain the proper value of their purchases, just because millions and millions of streamers need eyeballs and often do not care how they get it. Or Pub/devs who feel their work lost sales or did not see a proper presentation they worked hard to give. Unlike traditional consumer media, that for years have practiced rules regarding newly released material, for not only their viewers but the potential sales of the publisher. We now are in uncharted territory, streamers are not professionals with licenses, no education requirement, often anonymity, and the rules yet written.

So again it is not just leaked videos, but early content spread throughout the internet, social sites, emails, texts, -to the point I would not be surprised to see a guy spinning a sign to buy gold on the corner, along with, "Aeris is killed in FF7, See at my stream and do not forget to like and subscribe." Okay so yeah, the sign is really big.

@proceeder: People go out of their way to spoil things and get it in front of you. Back when Force Awakens first came out, I even saw some asswipe driving around with "Han Solo Dies" scribbled in big letters on his SUV's rear window.

@proceeder: this is not the way. As a society, we are making great strides towards making spoilers taboo, as it should be. People should not feel entitled to ruin the surprise for other people, be it a movie, book, show or game. The behavior of trying to spoil things for people not wanting to be spoiled should be shunned and ostracized.

@proceeder: We don't wanna "control everyone else's life" for "our own comfort." You should not have unilateral rights to do with content as you wish on my space. (My video feeds are my space). I shouldn't have to login to my Youtube recommended feed only for Game Informer (or whoever the hell it was) to ruin the fact that [spoiler character] in [spoiler game] is playable for at least 16 minutes or some shit, by WRITING THAT IN THEIR OWN GODDAMN VIDEO HEADLINE. It's not like I cannot read headlines to know which videos to avoid.

@proceeder: Except it isn't that straightforward. Sure someone might choose to not watch the streams, but others will watch it, and then some of those people will start going around to forums and comment sections trying to spoil others about what happens. Or post youtube videos about it that have spoilers in the thumbnail or title which will spoil people regardless of if they click on it or not. I've had multiple games spoiled for me over the years without me ever searching for the leaked content. That's why companies like CDPR try to prevent this, because it isn't as simple as "just don't watch it" and given they just spent years of their lives trying to make this narrative focused game they'd rather as many people as possible be able to enjoy it without having to worry about it getting spoiled before the game is even out.

@proceeder: Shut your mouth noob. There are people that literally will randomly enter forums\boards\comments and just shout out a spoiler. No rhyme or reason to it.

@YearoftheSnake5: I've had games spoiled for me without needing to watch the streams. People who do watch go around intentionally trying to spoil things on forums and in comment sections. Youtubers post videos with spoilers in the thumbnail and title which spoil people without them ever clicking on the actual video. It's not as simple as "just don't watch the streams". That's why companies like CDPR try to crack down on this. Because it's not a cut and dry case where you can just not watch it and be perfectly fine, and they'd rather people have the chance to enjoy the game at launch without having to worry about getting spoiled about it before the game even launches.

@YearoftheSnake5: Not entirely sure why someone would want to anyway. Like you say it will contain spoilers. Anybody watching it will be diminishing their experience with the game when they do finally play it.

@jenovaschilld: I keep on clicking over the bold text but it ain't taking me anywhere, Jenova. 😟

@jenovaschilld: I have been on PC for all my life and have never run into this problem. I think its quite the opposite, there's only a select group of people that actually stream or want you to watch their stream but most PC players just play games. If you find yourself in a community with a bunch of wannabe streamers, you can just quit that community and find a better one. End of the day it's all up to you whether you want to watch or follow them or not... Avoid Twitch, block, and ignore and move on. It's really not that hard.

@jenovaschilld: Yo that's crazy.

@Renunciation: Tenets isnt a palindrome

@Renunciation: Cyberpunk is also a proper noun.