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Qatar 2022: thousands of people think they are watching the World Cup on YouTube, but they are pixelated FIFA 23 matches

Many channels take the opportunity to monetize their streams and videos.

Soccer attracts millions of people and more if it is a world. That shows in the audiences, which break records in all corners. Everyone wants to see the Qatar 2022 matches, although some have it difficult because They have not contracted the channels or the payment packages corresponding.

Since they cannot follow them, they resort to pirate links or to youtubers who claim to broadcast the matches live. But it’s a hoax: in fact, some creators have been broadcasting FIFA 23 video game matches as if they were from the World Cup.

Not all World Cup matches are broadcast free. It depends on each country. Nevertheless, some users are not willing to pay to watch the games or they are simply not well informed of where to see them. Their remedy: open YouTube and search for the meeting that interests them. And it’s not real; it’s a hoax.

Thousands of YouTube users, deceived




(Image: EA Sports)

Some youtubers have been broadcasting the matches of the FIFA 23 video game as if they were from the World Cup. Just open the portal and put, for example, the following text: “Live Germany-Japan on 11/23 Group E World Cup 2022”.

In results, we will find matches that could pass for a real one. But, if the user pays close attention, You will see that it is a simulation and that there is nothing real about it. Many users fall, as can be seen in the comment box.

According to the Vietnamese portal VNExpress, this practice has been repeated during the first weeks of the Qatar 2022 World Cup competition. The outlet has been able to collect some testimonials from users who were slow to realize that the game they were watching was not real.

(Image: EA Sports)


(Image: EA Sports)

“You have to read carefully before you realize that they were simulations or commentary on the matches,” Ngoc Thanh explained to that outlet. “Until I read the comments from the live broadcast and saw close-ups of the players’ faces, I didn’t realize they were images from the FIFA 23 video game“, ensures another user to this portal.

Some experts tell VNExpress that these are common tactics by certain YouTube video creators, including may violate the usage policy, although from the platform they deny it. The goal is none other than monetize your videos and get a slice of the soccer world cup party.

With information from La Vanguardia.

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