It has to be fairly evident that any exposure on any playform AoE is played on increases the popularity across all platforms.
I had played obsessively back on the MSN Zone but over all the years I had never even heard about the AoCZone let alone Voobly, it wasn't until seeing YouTube videos of Age of Empires that got me back into playing on HD, very quickly giving the inspiration to do a little investigating and finding Voobly, the AoCZone, AoE on Reddit etc etc - I am sure it was mentioned in some of the videos (about Voobly etc), but it was just my own general curiosity and wish to be further involved with the games that led to me looking for more - something a many number of players will be doing the same.
I never would of been posting on the zone, playing on Voobly, browsing Reddit etc if it had not been for some YouTube videos so any exposure benefits the entire community wherever it may be.
I had played obsessively back on the MSN Zone but over all the years I had never even heard about the AoCZone let alone Voobly, it wasn't until seeing YouTube videos of Age of Empires that got me back into playing on HD, very quickly giving the inspiration to do a little investigating and finding Voobly, the AoCZone, AoE on Reddit etc etc - I am sure it was mentioned in some of the videos (about Voobly etc), but it was just my own general curiosity and wish to be further involved with the games that led to me looking for more - something a many number of players will be doing the same.
I never would of been posting on the zone, playing on Voobly, browsing Reddit etc if it had not been for some YouTube videos so any exposure benefits the entire community wherever it may be.