Do I need a Webcam?

JunkyFried

JunkyFried

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Hi, i'm a romanian gaming youtuber.
I'm currently habing a Behringer C1-U Mic, but no webcam. What do you think? Will a webcam improve my vids? Will it help me grow? I'f yes, how much? I don't want to waste money on something that won't help me a lot.
 
You should save up enough money do buy a decent camera, and maybe learn to edit videos, I don´t, and that´s why my videos have low view count!
 
I personally don't understand the whole webcam fad unless you are doing horror games.
Or you just have a really great face.

Tough choice man, it probably won't boost your views at the moment but it is nice to have if you did get more popular and people did want to see you.
 
Having two focus points in video like that creates a distraction in my opinion especially how it is constant. If anything the eye doesn't know where to look and what is more important.
 
Michael said:
Having two focus points in video like that creates a distraction in my opinion especially how it is constant. If anything the eye doesn't know where to look and what is more important.
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I haven't really thought about that, but you might be right. I have figured out through watching my kids watch a bunch of gaming videos over the summer that I definitely feel more entertained by videos with facecam though. It just kinda makes me feel like they're in the same room with me. Like we're both doing the same thing. I'm watching a video game on tv, he's watching the same video game (and also playing). I just think there's more of a connection when you can connect the voice with a face.

But who knows. I'd love to hear people's experiences before and after adding facecam/webcam.
 
I am honestly not sure if it applies to YouTube videos, there are plenty that do this and perform perfectly well :D It does apply to longer films though so you would expect it to be universal :D
 
It depends, if you're going to be entertaining and make hilarious reactions like Markiplier then you should definitely do it.

If it's just nothing else than staring at the game then it isn't really important.

Of course it's still fun to show your face when you're playing a game.
 
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