What are people looking more for on youtube: short vids or long? So hear me out. For most of us, short videos are super easy to digest and allow for easily bingeable content. Several channels that have adopted the vine format, for example, have lots of 30 second or less videos that have a tendency to link each other so you're watching them one after another.
However, as a gamer (and longplayer), it's hard to get the happy medium. Currently I'm doing impression videos that I try to keep around 30 minutes, but can take up to an hour per video, depending on the type of game. A great example of this is my video for Shin Megami Tensei - Strange Journey, where the actual gameplay doesn't start until almost an hour in!
I'm also doing a longplay of Breath of Fire 2 and I'm breaking it up into 30 minute segments. Previously I did a Breath of Fire 1 playthrough, but it was in hour long segments and I realized that was significantly harder to digest. Finally, I've also started doing quick skits where I have a silly idea I've come up with involving gaming of some sort, so I put something together that is less than a minute (or even less than 15 seconds in one case).
TL;DR version - when you go on youtube, do you have a tendency to go more toward quick skits or videos that may take longer, but show a lot of gameplay?
However, as a gamer (and longplayer), it's hard to get the happy medium. Currently I'm doing impression videos that I try to keep around 30 minutes, but can take up to an hour per video, depending on the type of game. A great example of this is my video for Shin Megami Tensei - Strange Journey, where the actual gameplay doesn't start until almost an hour in!
I'm also doing a longplay of Breath of Fire 2 and I'm breaking it up into 30 minute segments. Previously I did a Breath of Fire 1 playthrough, but it was in hour long segments and I realized that was significantly harder to digest. Finally, I've also started doing quick skits where I have a silly idea I've come up with involving gaming of some sort, so I put something together that is less than a minute (or even less than 15 seconds in one case).
TL;DR version - when you go on youtube, do you have a tendency to go more toward quick skits or videos that may take longer, but show a lot of gameplay?