I never thought about it before, and I think this year the main channels (especially Sony) have barely got any of the total views, when in previous years they still got most of themPrevious years have more or less been the same.
The first links to go up on reddit, gaf, etc. are always from 3rd party uploaders. Some places go back and use official links once they're up, but most don't.
Nevertheless, I still feel it's a pretty good sample. If you only focus on specific channels year over year and compare games with each other from the same year, those outside variables seem to act pretty consistently.
Plus per video there's still interesting stuff like the like to view ratio and viewership over time.
