Topic: YouTube Channel Feedback

Hey everyone!

Just wanted some quick feedback from you if possible. The Push Square YouTube channel has been, I will admit, a bit on-and-off for two or three years now. I just wondered how many of you are subscribed and what videos you like watching on it? Is there anything that you felt we were covering particularly well on YT (lots of people subscribed for our PSVR content, for example) and any gaps you felt we could do better?

I have a few more questions: if you were to subscribe to your dream PlayStation channel, what kind of content would it include? What are the topics in PlayStation that really interest you? Is it the exclusives? Guides? PSVR? Firmware and system features? Next-gen speculation? Do you feel there are any gaps in YouTube when it comes to PlayStation coverage that aren't really being filled? What are they?

Thanks in advance!

I dunno, YouTube seems to have every angle covered. I just watched someone complete the last level of Mario 64 and beat Bowser without pressing the directional buttons on the controller.

This probably doesn’t help much. Ultimately I check whatever is in the recommended feed of my TVs YouTube app!

@get2sammyb honestly i already am subscribed to my dream PlayStation channel PlayStation Access (sorry guys but it really does cover all my PS needs although i really like your reviews which is the one thing Access doesn't do)

but there is one thing a bit lacking from your youtube, live streams, i know it's not exactly a new thing but it does help you connect to your community (perhaps you could even do some with Nintendo Life on some of the cross play games)

@kyleforrester87 What sort of things show up in your Recommended feed that you watch?

@FullbringIchigo Haha, no obviously PS Access is number one, so that's fine. Are there any things in particularly that you wished PS Access would do but they don't apart from reviews?

@get2sammyb https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-VAL7Epn3o

Ive found these “War Stories” episodes particularly interesting recently!

I also like the Eurogamer/Digital Foundry retro analyses videos.

And last of all I like the Yahtzee reviews.

@kyleforrester87 Great, thanks for sharing this!

I'm subscribed. Many things you could do. I like weekly summary of what happened news, game releases etc etc.
I said many times I don't like review score but I'd like very short video saying how you feel about a game. Could nearly be a gif inserted on pushsquare reviews.
Your opinion about where ps is going, about PS5. What hardware you expect, what future games etc.
Some interesting parts in a game regarding story or gameplay or anything you feel cool talking about and of course showing and discussing on comments. Would be cool to link the channel to the site. More people talking, maybe a round table sort of thing like other channels

Reaction vids, news round ups, previews, reviews and roundtable discussions is pretty much what i watch on you tube. I watch less previews as I found them a bit spoilery for me. Same for reviews plus there are less places I trust these days.

I am a subscriber and subscribed to hundreds of gaming based channels - inc Playstation, Playstation Europe, Playstation Access, PS4 Trophies, Digital Foundry, IGN, Game Informer, GameSpot etc etc. I think I have every area of gaming, as well as Playstation specific channels so I can't think of anything that is missing so that PushSquare could cover. The only thing that I think can be unique is PushSquare opinion based content. The fact that it is the opinion of PushSquare, makes it unique even if its delivered in a format that has been done before.

Whether its totally unique - as in opinion pieces (podcast chat, reviews, reactions to trailers/news etc) or factual/news (guides, news, new trailer releases etc), I am still likely to remain subscribed and more likely to watch the more opinion based content unless PushSquare are 'first' with any news. One way of making me watch more 'fact/news' based content would be to have some 'opinion' based content - for example, opinions/discussion/speculation on a new trailer, news etc. Instead of just uploading the 'same' trailer(s) as everyone else, you could have a reaction/discussion/opinion added to it too which would separate yourself from other mainstream content that just re-upload the same trailers. That way, you also don't need to be first and potentially open up a discussion in the comments section and generate more views.

Another option would be to do a live stream with/without PushSquare members (depending on gaming or discussion based) and draw people in to watching and/or interacting via the live chat...

Despite being much closer to the Playstation and Nintendo sides of the force, the only gaming news channel I've spent much time watching on Youtube is actually Outside Xbox. I enjoy their list videos, i.e. 7 times this thing or that thing happened in games, and I like the variety of games they show there. Looking at PlayStation Access since a couple of people here mentioned it, they seem to do those kinds of videos as well, so I'm gonna go and subscribe to them.

I'd be unlikely to watch many actual news videos or review videos. For those kind of things I find it much easier to skim read a written article.

The lists are good an all, but there seen so many of them out there, and personally there are so many of those that I can watch before getting sick of em. They are probably the easiest videos to make, but this is from some one that has no experience so feel free to prove me wrong!

EDIT: I didn't think I was subscribed but I just checked and I am. No PS vids were coming up in my feed though, so I've just added a few videos to later.

I try not to subscribe to loads of gaming channels as they all tend to cover the same things. And I got a bit overwhelmed at the sheer amount of content I had to watch, so I had limit my subs a bit.

My attention span is rubbish so I don’t bother with youtube for anything along these lines. I stopped using IGN a while ago, one of the reasons being that some “articles” were only in video format (that and they absolutely overwhelming level of advertising).

Happy to have helped.

@get2sammyb first off sorry for taking so long but i work nights, 9pm to 3am

anyway on topic the things Access doesn't do you do so i'm actually kind of happy with them how they are, i also sub to Outside XBOX and Outside Extra and between these 4 all my needs are pretty much covered

and i also sub to Zero Punctuation because they are bloody brilliant

@Thrillho To be honest, I can't remember the last time I actually visited IGN website. I do subscribe to their youtube channel though and get 'everything' worthwhile from their site in a video format. I never 'trust' just 1 review though so I do like to have a lot of video reviews to watch or at the very least to listen to whilst I am perhaps browsing the internet. IGN though also cover certain movies and TV shows too so I quite enjoy their youtube channel and saves me having to put up with their website.

I do like Outside Xbox, Outside Xtra etc too and like their content. I do like their lists and their Show of Week/Weekend too. There is 2 main types of gaming content - the 'factual' which I include the latest trailers too as that is 'news' and therefore factual and the more opinion-driven content which includes lists as they are often opinions, listing things in their order as opposed to a 'factual' order, reviews and any 'fun' shows. I use youtube for both but for factual content, I only need to watch a 'new' trailer once and so I tend to watch the 'first' one to upload and ignore the rest. I am sure I am not alone here.

As a result, for PushSquare to get my views, they would need to either be first with breaking news/trailers etc or do some more opinion based content - inc reactions to breaking trailers, speculate and/or discuss it from a personal perspective. I do subscribe to AngryJoe and Jim Sterling too as I do like their opinion based content...

I like PushSquare because of the opinions and the personalities on the site so I think whatever is produced should utilise this as much as possible. For example, I liked when Sammy was on Nintendo life talking about Spyro because it was clear he knew his stuff.

@FullbringIchigo @kyleforrester87 Gosh, I forgot about the Yahtzee reviews. Those are great but you can't watch too many back to back without getting a bit tired of his shtick.

@Thrillho yeah if you try to marathon them it can be a bit tiring

What @Rudy_Manchego said - if the personality of the site could be somehow transferred across I'd go out of my way to watch it. I'm thinking along the lines of the Beat Saber article with the inter-site war going on. I don't know how that would work on a Youtube channel, I'll leave that to you guys to figure out

@get2sammyb I subscribe you yours and a few others.

I'd say that my most viewed games related channels are Eurogamer and Digital Foundry. The EG video team are usually pretty entertaining, and I like that they have Ian, being someone around my own age.

Their Late to the Party series and Chris Bratt's 'Here's a Thing' (that became his separate project People Make Games) are great.

@get2sammyb The only thing I can think of artistic analysis videos? They can show what you’re talking about. Other than that, something like the Game of the month videos where much if relies upon a spoken delivery that can’t be done in text. Really, I think that’s the core of what would be great, stuff that can’t be in an article. So I tube art or humor videos. Guides are there a plenty. But humor or art opinion/interpretation from you specifically isn’t out there already.