Why are songs and movies copyrighted but you can upload a full playthrough of a video game on YouTube?
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Watching a movie you rented, and watching it on YouTube would be virtually identical experiences (ignoring compression issues).
However, playing a video game and *watching* a video game are two completely different experiences. It’s like watching a movie with the sound turned off: You still might be getting the story (if there is one) but you’re missing out on one of the major components used to tell that story.
Plus, a lot of devs look at it as free advertising. Since let’s players aren’t giving away the whole experience for free, it’s a way to basically say “look how fun these people are having, you could have that much fun and have your own unique experiences if you buy our game.” Granted, the waters can get a bit muddy when talking about story only games, but that’s the gist of it anyways.
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