Some advice:
1. Your thumbnails need to pop more. You're not gonna get traction if you're not trying to establish any sense of eye catching pictures that'll catch someone's eyes as they scroll on Youtube/look for videos. Make your own identity with thumbnails by looking at other creators that you want to be like or find yourself in some sense of alignment with and try to make something of your own.
2. Titles need to be far more attractive. Make your titles searchable question "Is Sony gonna show (X-GAME) at their NEXT STATE OF PLAY?" Things like that because people tend to search up questions more than actual "things" or "statements". Which also brings me
to the tags on your videos! Make sure you do that to help your content reach people! Make them relatable to your video such as the State of Play one.
3. Take your content and reuse it smartly. You already edited a full video right? Why not cut it into a Instagram reel or Tiktok and put it on those platforms to spread your identity so you can actually get some other traction on other sites. There's no reason not to. You need to maximize all routes of exposure if you really plan to try and reach super high heights in the content creation space.
5. I hate giving this advice cause it is a hard truth but stick the one genre as you come up on Youtube. The algorithm is fucking hard to master and I know most people hate being forced to make content in favor of the algorithm, such as myself lol, but spreading yourself into multiple genres (like movies/video games) is gonna lead to a harder road for growth (if that's your attention). Most people stick to one thing for awhile and then begin to do other stuff and spread to other sort of genres in content creation. Again, that advice is only applicable really if you care about long-term growth. If you don't just have fun and make whatever the hell you want to make because at the end of the day, that'll make you happy which matters the most.
Regarding Equipment:
6. The best bang-for-your-buck microphone, which is the one I have currently have, is the
Elgato Wave 3. It has far more functions than a simple Blue Yeti Microphone and you can do so much more with it thanks to
VSTs which will make your audio sound ten times better.
7. Don't make the mistake of trying to buy various video editing programs like Adobe Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas early on. While those are perfectly fine option, as a creator you need to save money and invest smartly because you won't be making money for a VERY long time. (I've been doing for it 2 years now and I'm just on the cusp to reaching monetization on Youtube lol). The best free video editor is
DaVinci Resolve. Yes, it's overwhelming at first but for the simple cuts you'll likely be doing as a commentary creator, it serves it's purpose and more. It has so many features even with the free version and if you like it enough long term, you can get the full edition on sale.
8. The Logitech camera is fine. Just like the Elgato Wave 3, a lot of lower end creators use the
Elgato Facecam. It's a reasonably priced camera and it also has a lot of features (such as fixing lighting quality with it's application) to make the quality of your camera better. But again, I understand not necessarily needing it now and that's more of a bigger investment if you plan to be on camera often and stream often as well.
Side bar:
If you're looking into streaming and all of that, I can also answer those questions but just know I'm more in favor of streaming on Youtube than on Twitch but I can answer those questions here or in DMs. I'm more than down to give any advice if needed for that as well.
