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Hey guys! I don't know if you all noticed, but I HIT 100k SUBSCRIBERS!!! I really am blown away. Hitting that milestone by the end of the year was always a goal that felt less-than-realistic, seeing as the majority of Youtube channels never get that many subs, but I wanted to shoot for it anyway because it's fun to aim for the stars, you know? I didn't technically make it in time...but I was only eighteen days off, so yeah, I'm pretty satisfied, and all the more confident that 250k by the end of 2017 might not even be that unrealistic. But I've got to thank all you guys for continuing to support me. All the love I get for making this channel is seriously overwhelming, and more and more it's turning into a job. It's a dream-come-true. I did my 50k special so recently that I don't even have anything planned for this milestone; it came so quickly and even if I wanted to do another fan art showcase, I haven't had time to get enough additional fan art! But we'll see, maybe I'll get around to doing something. I've got so many other projects that it would be hard, but hey.
Speaking of tons of projects though, YEESH. I've really got my work cut out for me this first quarter of the year, and to be honest I'm a bit stressed about it. I still have significantly less time to work on stuff than I want, and all these projects are competing with each other. Firstly there are reviews, and this situation is hardly fair. Horizon: Zero Dawn, Breath of the Wild, and Mass Effect Andromeda all come out within less than a month of each other. Yeah. Three gigantic open-world games that I want to review release between February 28th and March 21st, and I already have so little time just to edit videos, much less spend hours a day plowing through huge games. Video game industry, you can be seriously cruel. Reviews already take SO much time, and I'm probably not getting any of these games early anyway, so I think I just have to accept that basically all of them will be very late and just be happy with whatever views I do get. Horizon in particular will have to be very late, because I'm going to need to tackle Zelda pretty hard mere days later, and that obviously has priority. When I reach a point when I'm getting lots of titles early it will be easier, but right know I'll take what I can get and just hope it gets better. Man, I know I need that Zelda review up FAST, but I definitely don't want to rush through the game so fast that I don't even enjoy it. Eh, whatever. Just gotta roll with it, however it goes.
Speaking of getting games early though, things are certainly looking more positive than ever! I contacted Capcom earlier this month about getting a copy of Resident Evil 7 to review, and they actually gave me a key! The only problem was that they gave it to me, well...two hours after the review embargo lifted and all the other reviews were already out. Yeah... Haha. Not sure what that was about. So of course the review will be very late, as I've yet to even start the game, but I ain't gonna look a gift horse in the mouth; not only did I get the game for free, but I can say I got a free game from one of the biggest publishers in the industry! That bodes really well for future titles with other companies, so I'm definitely going to try contacting EA and Sony (again) about Horizon and Mass Effect, just to give it a shot. On the Nintendo side, I've been officially re-submitted for the Brand Ambassador program, and I'm hoping to hear from them by the end of the month. Fingers super duper crossed on that one. I want to review Switch games for realsies, and that means getting copies early. So wish me luck!
It's been a little slow since my last big video, but I've got two biggish videos planned. In fact, one script is completely done and ready to shoot when I get a window to do so, and the other is 98% done. These will take a while to edit and all that, so I'm not sure how fast I'll be able to get them out (especially if some of my free time is going to playing Resident Evil 7 for the review) but I think they're going to be really good. The first one is a video discussing Super Mario Odyssey and why I'm so stupidly psyched to play it. It ended up being longer than I originally planned, and it talks about the old games and the reveal trailer and all that. So that should be fun. The second video though is the one I really excited about.
See, not many people know this, but one of the reasons my channel exists is so I can blab about video games to the internet rather than bothering and boring my poor friends and family. My videos are basically just the tangents I tend to go on in person, just cleaned up and made into an entertaining format. One aspect that hasn't really been represented on my channel is the whole sales analysis side of things. I really like looking at sales and strategies and figuring out how well something will sell. So this second video I'm making presents a theory about the Switch's launch. Basically it suggests that March is the system's "soft launch," and that Nintendo's building some momentum and setting the Switch up for success with a bigger "launch" of sorts this holiday season. I draw comparisons with the 3DS and really just talk about how I think this whole thing could be a big marketing strategy. Not only am I proud of the content, but I'm proud that I, at least, haven't seen anyone else online presenting this theory, at least not in so many words or in this way. I really like the idea that I might just have an idea that will make people look at the situation in a different way. I mean, that is if it's a good theory, which it might not be. But we'll just have to see. ;)
Oh yeah, there's that whole let's play thing, too. Looks like I'm behind AGAIN. XP So hopefully I can record some new episodes sometime soon. *stress cries*
Well, that's it for the moment. I'm completely swamped and just don't have enough time, but I'm trying my best. Oh, and thanks so much for all my new patrons! WHY ARE YOU GUYS SO AMAZING? Can you believe I'm almost to $1000 a month??? That's halfway to my topmost goal, and that's seriously crazy. I'm finally at a point where I can stop taking on other moneymaking projects and it's mostly my personal obligations that limit my time and my ability to shoot. But hey, things are always getting better, even if they're getting crazier. There's a heck of a lot in store for the channel this year, and I've just got to keep at it! (Here's just hoping that "enough sleep" is something I can fit into my regular schedule while still getting a lot of videos made. Oy.)
Anyway, catch you later!