Can't be that great of a game in the first place if only 15,000 people bought it. You can't blame it on streamers for others not buying it. This is the closest thing gamers have to a "try before you buy" thing since demos has more or less gone the way of the dodo.
It's a bit unfair of game developers to expect people to just throw money blindly at a game if there are avenues to see it being played to see if it's something they'd want to buy or not. I'd be willing to say many people have shelled out for games they've seen in Let's Plays, that is, if it's a good game.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't I guess. If the money is unwelcome, don't cave into whatever demands they bring forth to the board, but there'll be ramifications to this such as lowered stock prices and people losing their jobs when they don't do what they're instructed to do.
I don't understand why millions of people find it entertaining to watch someone else play video games. I'd rather be spending my time playing them myself.
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