I just realized that it was a bad idea to release Pokémon Gangster on DVD. No wonder no Pokémon series maker has done that, there are several problems with that.
One of the problems is that I would have to pay GameFreak money, since I'm making a money off the games they made. There is no way out of that. And most of the money I make would go to GameFreak, since it's their games. So making DVDs is not really the way to make money.
Even if GameFreak would allow me to do this, there is another problem I have to worry about. I also have to sell the DVDs somehow. Nobody's gonna buy them if audio commentary is all the extras they're gonna get. And I can't think of any special features besides that, so I wouldn't make much money anyway.
I was wondering how James sells his DVDs, and I've come up with a conclusion. James Rolfe has a company that supports him. (I'm of course talking about ScrewAttack) And that's how he gets away with releasing his episodes on DVD. He has sponsors, something I don't have.
Don't worry, people. I might make an audio commentary on my series, starting with the first season. It just won't be on DVD form. It will be free. Remember, I said "might", so I'm not sure yet.
So yeah, that's pretty much it.
Well, it was an interesting idea indeed, you were the first hacker thinking about making money for their hard work.
ReplyDeleteThe bonuses are actually not hard to think of. Some extra Pokémon Gangster videos, maybe a movie, a behind the scenes video or something like that.
Trust me, Game Freak would never notice if you wouldn't advertise for it like crazy and sell it all over the internet. You could like, put the first Season of Pokémon Gangster on a DVD Box Set with some bonuses like I mentioned already, make a video about it and if somebody would be interested, they would just message you. If it would sell well, you could release an another season and so on.
My point is basically that it could work, but it would need to be done quietly and people would need to be interested, bonuses convicing and the price not insanely high.
I'm sorry, Lance, but I won't do it.
ReplyDeleteIt's not that easy to make special features.
Tutorials on making Pokémon series can be found all over YouTube, and they are a lot better than something I could ever do.
I won't do it, man.