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Qatar 2022: Thousands think they’re watching the World Cup on YouTube, but they’re pixelated FIFA 23 matches

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Football attracts millions of people and more if it is a world. This can be seen from the audience, who are breaking records from all angles. Everyone wants to watch the Qatar 2022 matches, although some struggle because They have not contracted the payment channels or packages corresponding.

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Since they can’t follow them, they resort to Pirate links or youtubers who claim to broadcast live matches. But it is a hoax: in fact, some creators have broadcast the matches of the FIFA 23 video games as if they were the World Cup.

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

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Thousands of YouTube users, deceived

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

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

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

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

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

With information from La Vanguardia.

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