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Let’s Play Star PewDiePie Made $7.45 Million in 2014

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PewDiePie racks up a whopping $7 million

PewDiePie, YouTube’s biggest star, proves how successful internet celebrities can be as he rakes in over $7 million last year

Even if you have never sat down to a watch a “Let’s Play” video or not you’ve probably heard of PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg when he’s offline) the YouTube star who has racked 37 million subscribers. Those staggering subscriber numbers create an equally big day, for PewDiePie. He earned a whopping $4 million from gameplay videos alone last year and earned the title of one of the most influential people on the internet. That apparently was only the tip of the iceberg according to a report by Swedish tabloid Expressen.

In the report Expressen says that PewDiePie’s fame is far from slowing down, in fact it’s only getting started. That boost in fame also means a jump in profits for Kjellberg’s production company PewDiePie Productions AB. In 2014 his company pulled in a shocking $7.45 million.

Unbelievable as those numbers are, they make sense when you consider how big PewDiePie’s fan base is and the amount of content he’s released. Currently claiming 37 million subscribers, the highest of any YouTube creator, who tune into over 2,300 videos on his channel. Each of those videos brings in around a million views inside a day of being uploaded. A video has even brought tens of millions of views over time, which means big revenue for Kjellberg.

PewDiePie racks up a whopping $7 million

That revenue isn’t limited to just Let’s Play videos though, PewDiePie has been branching out recently. Starring in a couple South Park episodes focused on Let’s Play videos. He’s also announced This Book Loves You, a parody self-help book that’s being published by a part of Penguin Random House. He’s not stopping there though, he has plans to keep branching out.

He’s signed a deal with Makers Studios, an online content producer owned by Disney, to help expand his presence online. It will be interesting to see how he handles all this new attention. PewDiePie has already come under fire from gamers who disagree with his content, forcing him to disable YouTube comments on his channel. How will he handle negative book reviews and comments everywhere else?

Source: Expressen

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Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant.  Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.

The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.

Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”

This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.

What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?

It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”

It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.

Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades?  Let us leave that up to you.

 

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Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered.  It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.

We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.

Your thoughts on Pizza Possum?  Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?

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The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

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Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.

The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.

You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?

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