Microsoft Partnering with Ninja to bring you the first ever Gears 5 campaign playthrough

SirMossyBloke · Sep 3, 2019

Eroke said:
huge spoiler storm is coming

Yep. I guess this is a new age now where every single second of a game can be uploaded online before it's even released. In the past those streams would get shut down by snipers every minute and we'd have to hide the links.

Now? Fuck you, here's the whole game.

THEVOID · Sep 3, 2019

Great move!

Theorry · Sep 3, 2019

I doubt he can stream the whole thing. Even more when its supposed to be 12 hours atleast if you kinda rush only for the story

Fatmanp · Sep 3, 2019

Maximo said:
Exclusive Ninja unboxing video of the next MS console.

Na Larry can do that with his white gloves.

Detective Pidgey · Sep 3, 2019

So close to launch, I'm not even gonna go near this.

space_nut · Sep 3, 2019

Theorry said:
I doubt he can stream the whole thing. Even more when its supposed to be 12 hours atleast if you kinda rush only for the story

Yea I'm sure he's only going to be streaming for a hour or 2. That'll be a small portion of a act

SirMossyBloke · Sep 3, 2019

Theorry said:
I doubt he can stream the whole thing. Even more when its supposed to be 12 hours atleast if you kinda rush only for the story

I mean, streamers usually stream for at least 4 hours, the big ones at least. Before the game is out he certainly could do the whole game, or at least over half of it.

It's great advertising, but shitty everything else.

Rosebud · Sep 3, 2019

The whole game before it's released?

I hope the story doesn't have major plot twists lol

Doof · Sep 3, 2019

that mean face smiley looks weird with twitter's kerning, like its eyebrows are floating or something

>:)

it doesn't look much better here unfortunately

Gestault · Sep 3, 2019

This is an incredibly smart way to leverage Ninja's platform agreement. I'll be mostly keeping my distance from any sort of mid-game spoilers, but if the audience sees Ninja really getting into the narrative (or action) of it, I can't think of a better pitch.

THEVOID · Sep 3, 2019

space_nut said:
Yea I'm sure he's only going to be streaming for a hour or 2. That'll be a small portion of a act

Yeah, he's not going to sit there for 20 hours.

neatsaux · Sep 3, 2019

i'll probably watch a little just to see a portion of the game and see how it looks

Jarrod38 · Sep 3, 2019

Of course there will be spoilers.

Ambient80 · Sep 3, 2019

Lokimaster said:
LMAOOO!!!

?

Smart move by MS. Have one of the largest streamers get exclusive access to stream the entire campaign (?) on Mixer. Advertising both the game and the streaming platform. Even people who don't normally follow Ninja will tune in if they're a Gears fan just to see what all the commotion is about. I'll probably tune in myself, although likely only for the first hour or so, as I plan on taking in the campaign as soon as I get home from work Friday.

THEVOID · Sep 3, 2019

Ambient80 said:
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Smart move by MS. Have one of the largest streamers get exclusive access to stream the entire campaign (?) on Mixer. Advertising both the game and the streaming platform. Even people who don't normally follow Ninja will tune in if they're a Gears fan just to see what all the commotion is about. I'll probably tune in myself, although likely only for the first hour or so, as I plan on taking in the campaign as soon as I get home from work Friday.

And it could give Ninja a new audience. It's a great leverage

TheGhost · Sep 3, 2019

Jessie said:
Streaming isn't fun when it's corporate.

Please support smaller streamers who need your subscriptions to pay their rent.

That can still be done while also watching this. It's not a one or the other thing. Eventually those small streamers become big streamers and what then?

Kainé · Sep 3, 2019

Halo will fit with Ninja more.

headspawn · Sep 3, 2019

Dozer said:
Maybe I'm missing something he's done recently, but he *never* plays single player games. That isn't his audience.

I know he used to stream the hell out of Halo 5 back in the day, pretty sure I remember seeing Dark Souls 3 at one point as well... him streaming an MS shooter shouldn't really be surprising. I'll go ahead and bet my left nut he does the same for Halo Infinite as well if 343i lets him.

Sloane Ranger · Sep 3, 2019

Gag. I mean not Gears 5 - from all accounts, sounds like it will be a great evolution on an already great game. Gag from the overly old school, lets go with a YouTube influencer and push our own dying streamer service level of Gagging. Seriously MS - its getting old at this point.

IIFloodyII · Sep 3, 2019

Wonder how his viewership will be when he does something single player. Be interesting to see how it goes onMixer, on Twitch his views would fall of a cliff if it wasn't Fortnite usually.

Kyoufu · Sep 3, 2019

Einchy said:
Streaming the entire game before it's released? Well, that's new.

is it though

Einchy · Sep 3, 2019

Kyoufu said:
is it though

It is what?

Mass Effect · Sep 3, 2019

Bear said:
Why not? He seems like the perfect choice, actually. Isn't his stream family friendly now (no cursing, other bad shit)?

"Family friendly"

Gears of War

Pick one.

Gustaf · Sep 3, 2019

Sloane Ranger said:
Gag. I mean not Gears 5 - from all accounts, sounds like it will be a great evolution on an already great game. Gag from the overly old school, lets go with a YouTube influencer and push our own dying streamer service level of Gagging. Seriously MS - its getting old at this point.

the fuck are you talking about?

Kyoufu · Sep 3, 2019

Einchy said:
It is what?

is it a new thing

(it's not)

Gowans · Sep 3, 2019

Its pretty common on Twitch for streamers to get early access to games or have full play throughs on release or specially access to alpha and betas (even ahead of press).

There already are playthroughs on YouTube so makes sense to take control of it with a huge audence he has.

TheGhost · Sep 3, 2019

Also when he ends up streaming the new Halo it's probably going to be huge.

ZeoVGM · Sep 3, 2019

Jessie said:
Streaming isn't fun when it's corporate.

Please support smaller streamers who need your subscriptions to pay their rent.

Or people can watch who they find entertaining.

All streaming is corporate. It's a business that a person chooses to get into and will sink or swim, not a charity.

Jarrod38 · Sep 3, 2019

Sloane Ranger said:
Gag. I mean not Gears 5 - from all accounts, sounds like it will be a great evolution on an already great game. Gag from the overly old school, lets go with a YouTube influencer and push our own dying streamer service level of Gagging. Seriously MS - its getting old at this point.

What are you even talking about?

zedox · Sep 3, 2019

Sloane Ranger said:
Gag. I mean not Gears 5 - from all accounts, sounds like it will be a great evolution on an already great game. Gag from the overly old school, lets go with a YouTube influencer and push our own dying streamer service level of Gagging. Seriously MS - its getting old at this point.

Dying service that's growing? Funny.

Einchy · Sep 3, 2019

Kyoufu said:
is it a new thing

(it's not)

I've never seen a company stream their entire game before release but if others have then ok, I guess.

Super Barrier · Sep 3, 2019

I wonder if this will help sales. Many of us play Gears for their campaign. Nice of MS to try different things.

stormfire · Sep 3, 2019

Theorry · Sep 3, 2019

Curious if he plays on pc or xbox.

THEVOID · Sep 3, 2019

Sloane Ranger said:
Gag. I mean not Gears 5 - from all accounts, sounds like it will be a great evolution on an already great game. Gag from the overly old school, lets go with a YouTube influencer and push our own dying streamer service level of Gagging. Seriously MS - its getting old at this point.

Makes zero sense.

Theorry · Sep 3, 2019

Sloane Ranger said:
Gag. I mean not Gears 5 - from all accounts, sounds like it will be a great evolution on an already great game. Gag from the overly old school, lets go with a YouTube influencer and push our own dying streamer service level of Gagging. Seriously MS - its getting old at this point.

The hell is this language?

Kyussons · Sep 3, 2019

I was OK with MS not showing much of the campaign these last months... not a fan of streamers being able to show single player campaigns one week before launch : /

Time to block twitter

SlipperyMoose · Sep 3, 2019

Dozer said:
Maybe I'm missing something he's done recently, but he *never* plays single player games. That isn't his audience.

Actually he has been streaming minecraft for the past few nights. Sometimes by himself, sometimes with friends.

neatsaux · Sep 3, 2019

i'm sure i have an unpopular opinion, but i really like watching him play things that aren't fortnite on stream while i am at work. his minecraft content has been really entertaining especially since he hadn't ever played before

eXistor · Sep 3, 2019

What's the attraction when it's corporate streaming?

/edit: not the first to say this I see. I don't even see the attraction to streaming full stop, but when it's big conglomerates pulling the strings it seems even more useless to me.

jesu · Sep 3, 2019

eXistor said:
What's the attraction when it's corporate streaming?

The game I would imagine.
Maybe his personality.

pswii60 · Sep 3, 2019

Clever move, and inevitable that Ninja would be doing this marketing stuff and it wasn't just a simple platform move.

Microsoft knows streamers and Youtubers are going to be streaming, leaking and spoiling early regardless, this way they get to own and profit from it.

stan_marsh · Sep 3, 2019

Smart move, lots of Fortnite only people watch him and will probably grab this because of him.

carlsojo · Sep 3, 2019

Einchy said:
Streaming the entire game before it's released? Well, that's new.

Yeah I kind of think it's gross.

Altair · Sep 3, 2019

Makes sense. MS didn't pay him all that money just to have him on Mixer and never use him for anything else. It was obvious he was gonna be a big part of MS' marketing going forward, especially in regards to their big exclusives like Gears and Halo.

Smurf · Sep 3, 2019

We all knew this was going to happen when he signed with Mixer, but some people here pretending to be surprised. He is going to promote some Microsoft games. It was always part of the plan and that's why the people that were just comparing the numbers he did on Twitch to the ones on Mixer to point out Mixer will never be that big don't really get the whole picture.

Betty · Sep 3, 2019

No shit, you think they bought him to play 3rd parties only

Deleted member 10737 · Sep 3, 2019

makes sense. this is the kind of thing that getting ninja allows them to do, showing off their games to a whole new audience.

Tomacco · Sep 3, 2019

Vengeance said:
Makes sense. MS didn't pay him all that money just to have him on Mixer and never use him for anything else. It was obvious he was gonna be a big part of MS' marketing going forward, especially in regards to their big exclusives like Gears and Halo.

Why are people acting as if Ninja isn't also gaining from this? Having an exclusive window where you are the only one who can stream the game is going to be huge for him as well.

TheRaidenPT · Sep 3, 2019

Curious to see Ninja playing Halo Infinite, I'm sure they'll use as the main marketing go to for the enthusiast player base

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