OUYAReview: #3 - YouTube Partnership, Jealousy & Plans for the Future

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OUYAReview: #3 - YouTube Partnership, Jealousy & Plans for the Future
by John Joumaa

I'm so freaking jealous.
Let me just start off by saying that you have NO IDEA how jealous I am of you Kickstarter backers.
Working hard on OUYAReview's branding these past few weeks has made me even more excited to start this project.
In this article, I'll be talking a little bit about the general direction & my future plans with OUYAReview.


YouTube's Partnership Program
Some of you might be aware of YouTube's partnership program.
For those of you who are not, you've probably sat through a 15 second ad before a video or skipped it after 5 seconds.

Here's a little video describing the program:


Some people in the YouTube community might call this "selling-out". Well... I'm not part of that group of people.
The partners program gave people the opportunity to do what they love & making their time investment worth the while.
I'm investing my free time in this project because the OUYA is something revolutionary and needs to be supported by it's loving community.
So why not get a little something in return?

My mother once told me:
"Jonathan.(The answer to your question is Yes.) Greed will get you nowhere. Now give your brother twenty bucks."

And I did.

My point is, by taking part in this program, the exponential revenue will hopefully allow me to do some "giving back" I plan to do in the future with OUYAReview.
Which brings me to my next point.



The long journey ahead...

Near future
I've been anxiously waiting for my console which will hopefully be shipped in April. To be honest, I've never done any type of review in my life.
But I said to myself: "How hard can it be?"

I have no exact plan as to how the videos will look like, but I have some general content guidelines and will probably just wing it from there!
I'll be starting out with a segment called "First Impression" and will consist of the viewer witnessing my first time launching the game/app.
Look/Feel, Music/Sound Design, Gameplay & Overall Appreciation will be the four major aspects of this segment.

Sometime this year
I've talked about some giving back a little earlier and without spoiling all the surprises, here's the first big idea.
I plan to set some "Milestones" along the road to reward the supporters & subscribers with giveaways.
It will be my way of saying thank you to the community.
I also plan to eventually have some OUYAReview Merchandise aswell.
This all depends on the channel's success.


Feedback
I'd like to thank everyone for the feedback and interest in OUYAReview. Even without any content yet, you guys have been super supportive.
I'll keep writing some articles to keep you guys posted on what's happening.

If anyone is interested in getting their game featured on OUYAReview, you can send me an e-mail at ouyareview@gmail.com


Click here to see my previous article
"OUYAReview: #2 - Pre-Launch Teaser"

Again, I thank each and every one of youfor the support! Cheers!