imo LPs are free advertising although certain YT personas are incredibly dumb & annoying. The really annoying ones market themselves to children and not people my age, and yeah Nintendo needs to get their shit together instead of bullying LPers even if they have the legal right to do so. It just makes them look like grumpy old farts telling kids to get off their lawn while at the same time failing miserably as a company. I'm not a fan of corporate image games but Nintendo definitely has a big time image problem and they need to re-learn how to market shit competently and somehow get back on their feet as a company. I DO NOT want to see Nintendo die as a console maker, and if they do, I believe it would be incredibly detrimental to the industry as a whole.
No more forced gimmicks either please, although I'll probably get some shit for that statement. The gamepad failed and requiring it makes the Wii U much more expensive than it should be.