I'm pretty sure I've said something like this before, but so long as your efforts to increase viewership don't divorce the channel from the reason you started it in the first place, or your motivation to keep going, then do what you need to do. Best of luck.
The reason why a lot of bigger retro/indie game variety channels have that many views are because they were either imports from other sites when video content wasn't monopolized by TH-cam (Screwattack, TGWTG, Gametrailers, etc.), or they got in on the relative ground floor 10 or more years ago. Comparing yourself to to ProJared is like the favorite hometown greasy spoon worried that they don't sell as many burgers as McDonald's. I just like the cut of your jib, so I have faith that you won't lose your style in talking about less near topics to your heart.
Your channel is great it always puts a smile on my face even on subjects i know nothing about. I just start watching your vids because they are yours because they are great and i learn some new things
Successful you tubers didn't get to where they are because of the lack of success of one of their passion videos. That MMX4 video was great and I wouldn't base the success of it based on views. It's a 20 min MMX4 video, it's niche. Keep doing what you find interesting and the views will come because you're making them out of genuine interest and not algorithm hunting. Personally I want to see MM Zero, MMBN, and some more MMX videos!
I hope you're able to get some success man, you have the passion for videos and it's just that kinda thing that deserves to be seen. I wish you the best, so you can get to making the videos you want!
Don’t give up, skeleton. I tried to subscribe to your channel today but couldn’t because I apparently subscribed in the past. So… you impressed me twice apparently.
I really hope all works out for you, i will go watch that X4 vid too, bc i feel like it deserves every minute of my time i dedicate to it, as well as everyone else who watches it
True!! At first I wanted it as background noise but I couldn't help but rewind and watch it all over again cause it resonated with me and my nostalgia.
Hi Mr. Skellybones, I know making content and uploading it can be demanding and low scores can be discouraging, but you should focus on the things that make you feel better, such as the joy of sharing new game discoveries that you love and have a good time with, along with your phenomenal video editing and sense of humor, in which you have shown us in your previous uploaded videos. Taking advantage of this instance, I must say that without you even realizing it (or if you were aware but maybe you were waiting for feedback from someone else), you are building a community where you can share your passion with others, which means that your channel is on the right track. Try not to burn out: focus on the fun, take breaks and don't let the number define your self-esteem. Thank you so much for your content, the effort you put into it is greatly appreciated man. Cheers!
I can relate to this so much. With passion projects, just like all videos, still follow youtube non-sense with needing to follow what is somewhat talked about for that video get somewhere. What I learned to increase views a little bit is to make the video topic somewhat close to popular games. Example: I talked about Afterimage and I made sure to make the short title include Hollow Knight for the short and the main video saying it's a "A Hand Drawn Metroidvania You Have To Play". It's a way to get people interested. Not sure if you want to try labeling video titles or descriptions like that to be found in the algorithm.
A good plan could be to appeal a bit to the algorithm and things with an occasional video or two and then use traction from those between to make things you like, that way you don't have to feel horrid about it not getting the full blast of the TH-cam love. You want a community that comes to your channel for you, the Skeleton friend that i know i subscribed for, and not for the brand of content you make that TH-cam blesses to the frontpage. Some people recommend being more community based, getting some ideas and seeing what your community wants to see via polls. Make a poll asking, what do you guys wanna see most? Then put like... Pokemon, Digimon, Megaman, SHMUPS etc all on there. Then use that to make some videos. Say Pokemon wins, make that first of something people would wanna see, then appeal to the ones after even if they didn't win and had an audience for em. That way the newer members get something big, and the smaller minority of Bone Zoners get their fill and you can make what you love. I've seen a lot of channels suffer from success in that way, a good example being Pokemon TH-camrs or a Moba called Smite. Both had a youtube i watched incessantly, and for the Pokemon youtuber, there was massive drama ages ago with a TH-camr he was best friends with and it made him branch off from Pokemon. He tried but to next to no avail, as the community he had wasn't just there for him, despite him being an awesome and charismatic guy, but was there for Pokemon. Sadly he gets a fraction of what he used to, but he still finds it fun to do. Although he does have another job now that isn't just TH-cam. The same exact thing happened to a Smite Content Creator who branched out. Little to no views on his more passionate projects about other things. The biggest struggle is finding the in-between of "Doing something that i want to do and am passionate about" and "Doing what would bring in views, likes, subscriptions, and such." and most usually take two paths. One being that they focus on one type of thing (Say SHMUPS for you, or more centralized retro content in general) and make it consistantly until a fanbase of that stuff forms slowly over time before a big video takes hold, or someone else mentions your content who's a bigger youtuber, and it brings in the crowds (Jacksepticeye had this happen back in the day with Pewdiepie, and now he's one of the most known youtubers from it now). Path two is the variety type. This has kinda...changed over the years as before it was let's plays and people just making random content on whatever they felt and people would watch solely for the person behind it. Dunkey after League of Legends type of deal. However most of those have moved to Streaming. I personally dislike streamers and watching Streams (even ones i really enjoy like Grayfruit) and watch the clip dumps and edited streams instead. I really hope that you're able to do something that you still enjoy doing, and not force yourself into making something you don't wanna do, or put time into. TH-cam changes for a lot when it turns from passionate project into a job, and it shows on some creators sometimes, to negative effects on them and on the audience. Keep your chinbone high, man. I really look forward to your videos and hope to see you staying happy in the time to come. Much love
Funny that you say that, I finally got to try X4 out very recently thanks to PS1 emulation on 3DS, so your video was very relevant to me. Good luck on your journey, Skelly
ProJared has started out as a part of Thatguywiththeglasses. Nostalgia Critic has set his career up essentially. He's got vastly different circumstances than you, not even counting the TH-cam landscape now and then. The best thing you can do for your channel growth is to "specialize" and be as consistent as possible. The narrower your focus the better, but that may and will get boring quickly. At least you've got a cool, attention-grabbing character.
Some of it is just simply Online Content Creation™ becoming an increasingly hostile landscape for smaller and newer channels. Like, to share my own little anecdote (not an attempt to shill, I promise), I've been streaming on Twitch with varying degrees of consistency for almost ten years. I have a little under 400 followers. 350 of those 400 came in the first four or so years. Today, the only people that show up are a handful of buddies. Yes, some of that is because no one wants to stop by a channel that no one's already watching streaming oddball, long ass JRPGs and listen to a guy who doesn't actually talk much. But that's also because Online Content Creation™ has exploded and expanded exponentially in the last several years. The competition is fiercer, the standards higher, the algorithmic black magic further bent to fit the will of advertisers. The TH-cam, Twitch, and hell, the whole INTERNET we've made (or inherited) is not the one that existed a decade ago. The systems in place do not and will not promote me, and may even be actively, silently warding people away. Algorithm-senpai is not going to notice me. I offer all that I suppose less as encouragement and more as consolation. Your work is good and has only gotten better in spite of the numbers. It sounds like you're aware of that, but it bears saying all the same. I hope you find a niche that allows you to do find some tangible, measurable success that still lets you talk about the subjects you're really passionate about. Barring that, I hope you can at least find a place where you can feel satisfied creatively and socially, even in the times the cold, hard analytics don't add up. It's a tough internet out there. Don't get discouraged.
I'm not subscribed to ANY big names on youtube because it's mostly histrionic, over the top, over produced, sponsored stuff with ads that is just designed to chase the views. But I am subscribed to you because I can tell you love the games you love. What is "making it"? I only have five subscribers myself, and if no one is interested in old Game Gear games, oh well. It's what I'm interested in and makes me happy. That's truly making it.
I like entertaining, but I also like sharing the things that make me happy so they'll hopefully make other people happy. I won't pretend there isn't a financial incentive, now that I know that I can make some money doing this. "Making it" would be having a lot of people watch my channel. Then everybody wins.
Hi, Skeleton! Incredibly, I only found out about your channel because of this Final Fantasy Adv 2 video of yours (because I used to play it on my nintendo ds and that's why I searched on TH-cam and your channel came up) and since then I wanted to stay on your channel because of your unique content about old games and nostalgia. Anyway, there's really no demand for these older games, but don't stop making videos for the subjects you care about! Sure, play it smart, make a video about a trending topic and one you love, anyway, have fun doing what you love, just don't miss out on what attracted me to your channel.
Understandable shift (and while kinda unrelated, I can relate a little to the "tutorializing too much" mindset while making videos), hoping that it works out for you (and that you'll still be able to enjoy yourself with passion-driven projects)!
I did watch the x4 video but I only know this channel exists because of the pizza tower video (and I consume content mostly through my sub feed which is not the case for everyone) I respect trying to be a somewhat niche variety creator from the start and I hope you can make it work, goodluck
You've probably already thought about this, but one avenue that strikes a balance between The Algorithm and the ideal of The Bone Zone is to focus on NEWER indie releases that you find cool. Like when Pizza Tower blew up and became a hit, your review was one of the first on the website and so got a ton of views. Or do your retro reviews when games get remaster, like an Outzone review would have been great a couple months ago following the Steam release. Save your DQ6 review for whenever Square announces an inevitable port for modern consoles. Etc. It's still less surefire than you releasing an Elden Ring Review or whatever, but it's still in the spirit of your channel. Anyway, that's just my ramblings. Best of luck dude
I honestly think making it big in youtube is just a combination of luck and dedication. Some people make it big fast and by chance, others take a long time in building up their fanbase. Your videos are fantastic and I'm always excited when you put out a new one, you made me a long term fan. But if you try to replicate what some other big youtubers are doing you might not make it as they did, because lot of them had more luck than talent. Imho you have something special going on with your taste in video games and a great presentation style, it would be a shame to see it go away in a shift to a more mainstream taste. The things that you can maybe improve on is bit more polished editing to cut out some of the fat in the videos, and maybe spam some forums or subreddits with your videos, or do more collabs with similar youtubers. Either way, I wish you best of luck and can't wait to see more of your videos!
@@ASkeleton I just watched your Mega Man X4 video, awesome job! And in that video I couldn't really pinpoint where you could have cut more, it pretty much doesn't have any fat to trim. But there was still a bit of a feeling like it could be cut down even more, like it's longer than it needs to be. Then I realized it wasn't about the editing, it was more in the speed of your voice while reading text. It is a bit slow at times and when playing the video at 1.25x speed there are parts that definitely feel more "snappy" and "to the point". Now this is just my subjective feeling and it might not be to everyone's tastes, hell maybe the reason I enjoy watching your videos could be the more chill down tempo. Anyway you don't have to take this advice to heart, it really is just a subjective feeling.
@@Luka38 That's the kind of critique that not enough people give and that I've always been wanting. I've been working on my talking speed. Trust me, it was so much worse 4 years ago. I sounded like I was on medication or something.
@@ASkeleton Well that's another reason why I think you will get bigger, the willingness to seek out critique. Just keep at it dude the views will keep coming! Your videos already rock! Also thank you for Mega Man X4 soundtrack recommendation, it's soooooo good!
My episode of my podcast did shit at the same time. Maybe it’s just the summer holidays or something and everyone is playing outside or whatever. Some day one of your videos will be that video which hits at the right place at the right time and hopefully when that happens your channel will explode. At least that’s what you deserve imho.
I think looking at how other people make niche content is worth looking at. You probably can't or won't be able to make stuff like Sseth but he plays games basically people don't care about but make makes the video interesting, the game is mostly a canvas for his humor. Or there are people like mandalore, civvie, grimbread etc.. You should rely on yourself (comedy, editing etc..) over trying to appeal to people with popular video games. Even your megaman video relied on people liking the game, people should be drawn to your content because you made it. There are people out there than easily transition between games they have been playing for years because people just like them.
It's a shame to have to tame down on the things you're passionate about, but I get it, you gotta play the game. There are bound to be things you can cover that you care about and Google will feature, it just might take some thinking. Keep your chin up, man!
do what you want, if it happens to be triple A, let it be. Do what makes YOU happy, don't try to do what others want. You'll be miserable, trust me man. This should be a hobby imo, and it hurts me how the internet has developed. I've been on here since 2005, homie I've been here since the start, I have another channel but it's just a hobby channel with 600 subs. I wasted my years constructing high rise towers in Toronto, worked my ass off, abused street drugs like perks and oral steroids just to keep up. and I started at 18, finished around 5 towers total and im 31 now and haven't touched rebar or concrete since covid, and the abuse of these drugs are catching up with me and giving me heart problems fearing for the rest of my life. (STILL LIVING WIH PARENTS BTW, THANKS CANADA) WORK SMART, NOT HARD. Do what you WANT, be honorable yes, but keep doing the stuff that makes YOU happy. Life can f'ing suck man and I blame the disregard of the working class and how tech has come in and devalued alot of labor where others like on youtube are competing with homies like me. And it's honestly not worth it anymore, I missed the golden era of TH-cam and things change, But homie... Dont follow any trends, set your own.
I dont mean to sound dramatic and shi-t here, but it's the truth and I seriously dont want people making mistakes like I have... It's okay trying to make others happy, nothing wrong with that, but YOU come first. Edit: Im only saying these things because I know what love for gaming is, and ur a guy I would happily hang out with and share a beer and have a laugh over dumb shit in these games. I can tell easily who's real or not on here and I grew up watching content like avgn so I got into abit of video editing as well xD like... It's just fun side stuff average joes like to do to keep that memory alive. I get it 100%
TH-cam recommendations are bullshit if your thumbnails are not a cesspool of red arrows and clickbait faces you won't get recommended. Or being talked about or reacted to by asmongold or some other big youtuber/streamer. I saw many others try to react to his videos just to get a chance of being reacted to themselves. The mmx4 video got luckily recommended to me cause I was watching MMX speed runs. It was a banger of a first video to introduce me to your channel. I gotta start watching those steam shmups videos next. I like the content I found here so far and I hate to hear you sound down my skely dude. Hang in there :
Retro Rebound seems to be making videos about passion games. Though he has a main channel covering gaming news (MrMattyPlays). Maybe you can lure some tips from him. Do you have a Patreon or ko-fi account?
crazy but to go you really gonna go for trending stuff Retro games arent so much searched now, because we got far older and more generations are using. Do videos for games you like and for trending games(specially if you dislike'em to get views, people talk too good of games tbh)
I came for shmups and stayed for everything else. Love your style, your humor and you have great taste in videogames. If you want to try something completely different then go for it. Just don't be blinded by the trends and possibility of great number of views. Perhaps ask yourself if you really want to do videos about mediocre stuff for an audience that enjoys mediocre stuff. It may be still a good thing to make a small group of people happy, but of course its for you to decide what to try. but bone zone must go on no matter what my man
I know how it feels to put a lot of passion into something and then it just flops really hard. You either work on your mindset or work on yourself I guess. For me just letting things go knowing that some people still enjoyed it at its fullest helps. So, gonna share your video with all of my friends, I want to see you succeed bro
@@FreeONification I agree lol, I've had talks with friends way way back in the day about how to properly abuse the trending tabs and stuff on youtube. I was like okay... lets make a bet, I had an early beta release of SFV so I told the guy I bet you I can get 1k subs if I uploaded a decent combo music video of all chars with a thristy thumbnail, and lmao I didnt get 1k subs but I got 250k views and 500 subs lol If this man can cross a threshold of 20k subs or something and get his foot in the door, he can really start smacking down with stuff he likes for old gaming if he wants.
TH-cam recommended me your megaman x4 video, so i decided to play the game someday. But i prefer to avoid spoilers so i decided not to watch the video... It appears that you helped me, but i didn't help you. Sor dude😢
Be strong calcium man
I'm pretty sure I've said something like this before, but so long as your efforts to increase viewership don't divorce the channel from the reason you started it in the first place, or your motivation to keep going, then do what you need to do. Best of luck.
The reason why a lot of bigger retro/indie game variety channels have that many views are because they were either imports from other sites when video content wasn't monopolized by TH-cam (Screwattack, TGWTG, Gametrailers, etc.), or they got in on the relative ground floor 10 or more years ago. Comparing yourself to to ProJared is like the favorite hometown greasy spoon worried that they don't sell as many burgers as McDonald's.
I just like the cut of your jib, so I have faith that you won't lose your style in talking about less near topics to your heart.
Your channel is great it always puts a smile on my face even on subjects i know nothing about.
I just start watching your vids because they are yours because they are great and i learn some new things
Successful you tubers didn't get to where they are because of the lack of success of one of their passion videos. That MMX4 video was great and I wouldn't base the success of it based on views. It's a 20 min MMX4 video, it's niche. Keep doing what you find interesting and the views will come because you're making them out of genuine interest and not algorithm hunting. Personally I want to see MM Zero, MMBN, and some more MMX videos!
If only passion videos was all that was needed.
I hope you're able to get some success man, you have the passion for videos and it's just that kinda thing that deserves to be seen. I wish you the best, so you can get to making the videos you want!
Don’t give up, skeleton.
I tried to subscribe to your channel today but couldn’t because I apparently subscribed in the past. So… you impressed me twice apparently.
I really hope all works out for you, i will go watch that X4 vid too, bc i feel like it deserves every minute of my time i dedicate to it, as well as everyone else who watches it
True!! At first I wanted it as background noise but I couldn't help but rewind and watch it all over again cause it resonated with me and my nostalgia.
@@Mikusta right?? it turned out amazing
Hi Mr. Skellybones, I know making content and uploading it can be demanding and low scores can be discouraging, but you should focus on the things that make you feel better, such as the joy of sharing new game discoveries that you love and have a good time with, along with your phenomenal video editing and sense of humor, in which you have shown us in your previous uploaded videos.
Taking advantage of this instance, I must say that without you even realizing it (or if you were aware but maybe you were waiting for feedback from someone else), you are building a community where you can share your passion with others, which means that your channel is on the right track.
Try not to burn out: focus on the fun, take breaks and don't let the number define your self-esteem.
Thank you so much for your content, the effort you put into it is greatly appreciated man.
Cheers!
Thank you very much
I can relate to this so much. With passion projects, just like all videos, still follow youtube non-sense with needing to follow what is somewhat talked about for that video get somewhere. What I learned to increase views a little bit is to make the video topic somewhat close to popular games. Example: I talked about Afterimage and I made sure to make the short title include Hollow Knight for the short and the main video saying it's a "A Hand Drawn Metroidvania You Have To Play". It's a way to get people interested. Not sure if you want to try labeling video titles or descriptions like that to be found in the algorithm.
A good plan could be to appeal a bit to the algorithm and things with an occasional video or two and then use traction from those between to make things you like, that way you don't have to feel horrid about it not getting the full blast of the TH-cam love. You want a community that comes to your channel for you, the Skeleton friend that i know i subscribed for, and not for the brand of content you make that TH-cam blesses to the frontpage. Some people recommend being more community based, getting some ideas and seeing what your community wants to see via polls. Make a poll asking, what do you guys wanna see most? Then put like... Pokemon, Digimon, Megaman, SHMUPS etc all on there. Then use that to make some videos. Say Pokemon wins, make that first of something people would wanna see, then appeal to the ones after even if they didn't win and had an audience for em. That way the newer members get something big, and the smaller minority of Bone Zoners get their fill and you can make what you love. I've seen a lot of channels suffer from success in that way, a good example being Pokemon TH-camrs or a Moba called Smite. Both had a youtube i watched incessantly, and for the Pokemon youtuber, there was massive drama ages ago with a TH-camr he was best friends with and it made him branch off from Pokemon. He tried but to next to no avail, as the community he had wasn't just there for him, despite him being an awesome and charismatic guy, but was there for Pokemon. Sadly he gets a fraction of what he used to, but he still finds it fun to do. Although he does have another job now that isn't just TH-cam. The same exact thing happened to a Smite Content Creator who branched out. Little to no views on his more passionate projects about other things.
The biggest struggle is finding the in-between of "Doing something that i want to do and am passionate about" and "Doing what would bring in views, likes, subscriptions, and such." and most usually take two paths. One being that they focus on one type of thing (Say SHMUPS for you, or more centralized retro content in general) and make it consistantly until a fanbase of that stuff forms slowly over time before a big video takes hold, or someone else mentions your content who's a bigger youtuber, and it brings in the crowds (Jacksepticeye had this happen back in the day with Pewdiepie, and now he's one of the most known youtubers from it now). Path two is the variety type. This has kinda...changed over the years as before it was let's plays and people just making random content on whatever they felt and people would watch solely for the person behind it. Dunkey after League of Legends type of deal. However most of those have moved to Streaming. I personally dislike streamers and watching Streams (even ones i really enjoy like Grayfruit) and watch the clip dumps and edited streams instead.
I really hope that you're able to do something that you still enjoy doing, and not force yourself into making something you don't wanna do, or put time into. TH-cam changes for a lot when it turns from passionate project into a job, and it shows on some creators sometimes, to negative effects on them and on the audience. Keep your chinbone high, man. I really look forward to your videos and hope to see you staying happy in the time to come. Much love
Funny that you say that, I finally got to try X4 out very recently thanks to PS1 emulation on 3DS, so your video was very relevant to me. Good luck on your journey, Skelly
ProJared has started out as a part of Thatguywiththeglasses. Nostalgia Critic has set his career up essentially. He's got vastly different circumstances than you, not even counting the TH-cam landscape now and then. The best thing you can do for your channel growth is to "specialize" and be as consistent as possible. The narrower your focus the better, but that may and will get boring quickly. At least you've got a cool, attention-grabbing character.
Some of it is just simply Online Content Creation™ becoming an increasingly hostile landscape for smaller and newer channels. Like, to share my own little anecdote (not an attempt to shill, I promise), I've been streaming on Twitch with varying degrees of consistency for almost ten years. I have a little under 400 followers. 350 of those 400 came in the first four or so years. Today, the only people that show up are a handful of buddies. Yes, some of that is because no one wants to stop by a channel that no one's already watching streaming oddball, long ass JRPGs and listen to a guy who doesn't actually talk much. But that's also because Online Content Creation™ has exploded and expanded exponentially in the last several years. The competition is fiercer, the standards higher, the algorithmic black magic further bent to fit the will of advertisers. The TH-cam, Twitch, and hell, the whole INTERNET we've made (or inherited) is not the one that existed a decade ago. The systems in place do not and will not promote me, and may even be actively, silently warding people away. Algorithm-senpai is not going to notice me.
I offer all that I suppose less as encouragement and more as consolation. Your work is good and has only gotten better in spite of the numbers. It sounds like you're aware of that, but it bears saying all the same. I hope you find a niche that allows you to do find some tangible, measurable success that still lets you talk about the subjects you're really passionate about. Barring that, I hope you can at least find a place where you can feel satisfied creatively and socially, even in the times the cold, hard analytics don't add up.
It's a tough internet out there. Don't get discouraged.
Thanks very much. That makes a lot of sense
I'm not subscribed to ANY big names on youtube because it's mostly histrionic, over the top, over produced, sponsored stuff with ads that is just designed to chase the views. But I am subscribed to you because I can tell you love the games you love.
What is "making it"? I only have five subscribers myself, and if no one is interested in old Game Gear games, oh well. It's what I'm interested in and makes me happy. That's truly making it.
I like entertaining, but I also like sharing the things that make me happy so they'll hopefully make other people happy. I won't pretend there isn't a financial incentive, now that I know that I can make some money doing this.
"Making it" would be having a lot of people watch my channel. Then everybody wins.
We must all follow our own path, of course.
sounds like a good plan, dont burn yourself up man though, take time and have fun as well, here's to better success
Hi, Skeleton! Incredibly, I only found out about your channel because of this Final Fantasy Adv 2 video of yours (because I used to play it on my nintendo ds and that's why I searched on TH-cam and your channel came up) and since then I wanted to stay on your channel because of your unique content about old games and nostalgia. Anyway, there's really no demand for these older games, but don't stop making videos for the subjects you care about! Sure, play it smart, make a video about a trending topic and one you love, anyway, have fun doing what you love, just don't miss out on what attracted me to your channel.
I feel ya
Understandable shift (and while kinda unrelated, I can relate a little to the "tutorializing too much" mindset while making videos), hoping that it works out for you (and that you'll still be able to enjoy yourself with passion-driven projects)!
please never lose your passion skelly
I did watch the x4 video but I only know this channel exists because of the pizza tower video (and I consume content mostly through my sub feed which is not the case for everyone)
I respect trying to be a somewhat niche variety creator from the start and I hope you can make it work, goodluck
Don't put all your eggs in one basket man
lookin' forward to the shmup vid. good luck with the algorithm!
Good luck!
You've probably already thought about this, but one avenue that strikes a balance between The Algorithm and the ideal of The Bone Zone is to focus on NEWER indie releases that you find cool. Like when Pizza Tower blew up and became a hit, your review was one of the first on the website and so got a ton of views. Or do your retro reviews when games get remaster, like an Outzone review would have been great a couple months ago following the Steam release. Save your DQ6 review for whenever Square announces an inevitable port for modern consoles. Etc. It's still less surefire than you releasing an Elden Ring Review or whatever, but it's still in the spirit of your channel.
Anyway, that's just my ramblings. Best of luck dude
I agree, those wacky games look interesting and some of them are still maintaining that classic retro feel we grew up with ;P
I honestly think making it big in youtube is just a combination of luck and dedication. Some people make it big fast and by chance, others take a long time in building up their fanbase.
Your videos are fantastic and I'm always excited when you put out a new one, you made me a long term fan.
But if you try to replicate what some other big youtubers are doing you might not make it as they did, because lot of them had more luck than talent.
Imho you have something special going on with your taste in video games and a great presentation style, it would be a shame to see it go away in a shift to a more mainstream taste.
The things that you can maybe improve on is bit more polished editing to cut out some of the fat in the videos, and maybe spam some forums or subreddits with your videos, or do more collabs with similar youtubers.
Either way, I wish you best of luck and can't wait to see more of your videos!
I don't plan on changing my style. Only improving it. You said there was fat that needed trimming in editing. Can you be more specific?
@@ASkeleton I just watched your Mega Man X4 video, awesome job! And in that video I couldn't really pinpoint where you could have cut more, it pretty much doesn't have any fat to trim. But there was still a bit of a feeling like it could be cut down even more, like it's longer than it needs to be. Then I realized it wasn't about the editing, it was more in the speed of your voice while reading text. It is a bit slow at times and when playing the video at 1.25x speed there are parts that definitely feel more "snappy" and "to the point".
Now this is just my subjective feeling and it might not be to everyone's tastes, hell maybe the reason I enjoy watching your videos could be the more chill down tempo.
Anyway you don't have to take this advice to heart, it really is just a subjective feeling.
@@Luka38 That's the kind of critique that not enough people give and that I've always been wanting. I've been working on my talking speed. Trust me, it was so much worse 4 years ago. I sounded like I was on medication or something.
@@ASkeleton Well that's another reason why I think you will get bigger, the willingness to seek out critique. Just keep at it dude the views will keep coming! Your videos already rock!
Also thank you for Mega Man X4 soundtrack recommendation, it's soooooo good!
I hope you keep making videos on older games, and indie titles. TH-cam is saturated with channels making videos on popular current games.
My episode of my podcast did shit at the same time. Maybe it’s just the summer holidays or something and everyone is playing outside or whatever.
Some day one of your videos will be that video which hits at the right place at the right time and hopefully when that happens your channel will explode. At least that’s what you deserve imho.
we'll be waiting here until the day that you're the new top video game youtuber. pewdiepie 2!
I think looking at how other people make niche content is worth looking at. You probably can't or won't be able to make stuff like Sseth but he plays games basically people don't care about but make makes the video interesting, the game is mostly a canvas for his humor. Or there are people like mandalore, civvie, grimbread etc.. You should rely on yourself (comedy, editing etc..) over trying to appeal to people with popular video games. Even your megaman video relied on people liking the game, people should be drawn to your content because you made it. There are people out there than easily transition between games they have been playing for years because people just like them.
Try starting a Patreon. I think some of us would support you. The talented need patrons and the patrons need the talented.
Not quite ready to make that leap just yet. But I appreciate the sentiment
I think your videos are great. I am here for steam sale videos and shmup content, as that's how I found you.
It's a shame to have to tame down on the things you're passionate about, but I get it, you gotta play the game.
There are bound to be things you can cover that you care about and Google will feature, it just might take some thinking. Keep your chin up, man!
do what you want, if it happens to be triple A, let it be.
Do what makes YOU happy, don't try to do what others want. You'll be miserable, trust me man. This should be a hobby imo, and it hurts me how the internet has developed. I've been on here since 2005, homie I've been here since the start, I have another channel but it's just a hobby channel with 600 subs. I wasted my years constructing high rise towers in Toronto, worked my ass off, abused street drugs like perks and oral steroids just to keep up. and I started at 18, finished around 5 towers total and im 31 now and haven't touched rebar or concrete since covid, and the abuse of these drugs are catching up with me and giving me heart problems fearing for the rest of my life. (STILL LIVING WIH PARENTS BTW, THANKS CANADA)
WORK SMART, NOT HARD. Do what you WANT, be honorable yes, but keep doing the stuff that makes YOU happy. Life can f'ing suck man and I blame the disregard of the working class and how tech has come in and devalued alot of labor where others like on youtube are competing with homies like me. And it's honestly not worth it anymore, I missed the golden era of TH-cam and things change, But homie... Dont follow any trends, set your own.
I dont mean to sound dramatic and shi-t here, but it's the truth and I seriously dont want people making mistakes like I have... It's okay trying to make others happy, nothing wrong with that, but YOU come first.
Edit: Im only saying these things because I know what love for gaming is, and ur a guy I would happily hang out with and share a beer and have a laugh over dumb shit in these games. I can tell easily who's real or not on here and I grew up watching content like avgn so I got into abit of video editing as well xD like... It's just fun side stuff average joes like to do to keep that memory alive. I get it 100%
TH-cam recommendations are bullshit if your thumbnails are not a cesspool of red arrows and clickbait faces you won't get recommended. Or being talked about or reacted to by asmongold or some other big youtuber/streamer. I saw many others try to react to his videos just to get a chance of being reacted to themselves.
The mmx4 video got luckily recommended to me cause I was watching MMX speed runs. It was a banger of a first video to introduce me to your channel. I gotta start watching those steam shmups videos next. I like the content I found here so far and I hate to hear you sound down my skely dude. Hang in there :
Ehh, a little discouraged, but I assure you the downness was mostly due to being tired from work. I'm still standing strong.
Keep up the great work!
Retro Rebound seems to be making videos about passion games. Though he has a main channel covering gaming news (MrMattyPlays).
Maybe you can lure some tips from him.
Do you have a Patreon or ko-fi account?
Not yet. Maybe in the future
I mean this as no insult, and its probably just the nature of the video, but you sound alot like a dad in this
crazy but to go you really gonna go for trending stuff
Retro games arent so much searched now, because we got far older and more generations are using.
Do videos for games you like and for trending games(specially if you dislike'em to get views, people talk too good of games tbh)
I came for shmups and stayed for everything else. Love your style, your humor and you have great taste in videogames. If you want to try something completely different then go for it. Just don't be blinded by the trends and possibility of great number of views. Perhaps ask yourself if you really want to do videos about mediocre stuff for an audience that enjoys mediocre stuff. It may be still a good thing to make a small group of people happy, but of course its for you to decide what to try.
but bone zone must go on no matter what my man
I know how it feels to put a lot of passion into something and then it just flops really hard. You either work on your mindset or work on yourself I guess. For me just letting things go knowing that some people still enjoyed it at its fullest helps. So, gonna share your video with all of my friends, I want to see you succeed bro
@@FreeONification I agree lol, I've had talks with friends way way back in the day about how to properly abuse the trending tabs and stuff on youtube. I was like okay... lets make a bet, I had an early beta release of SFV so I told the guy I bet you I can get 1k subs if I uploaded a decent combo music video of all chars with a thristy thumbnail, and lmao I didnt get 1k subs but I got 250k views and 500 subs lol
If this man can cross a threshold of 20k subs or something and get his foot in the door, he can really start smacking down with stuff he likes for old gaming if he wants.
why do my comments keep being deleted
I thinik I tried responding to one of your comments and it got deleted before I finished.
Rocket League is about cars?
Indubitably
TH-cam recommended me your megaman x4 video, so i decided to play the game someday. But i prefer to avoid spoilers so i decided not to watch the video... It appears that you helped me, but i didn't help you. Sor dude😢
No problem at all. I get it
Second!
Only scrubs care about views tbh
You put a month of work into something for nothing and then you can come back and say that.