JClosed: Open another topic about this? Wow - People get over it. Nobody forces you to watch...
mythdragon: Of corse not, it is just.
It is just CDPR saying that their customers are pieces of garbage, and their work is worth nothing unless they are influencers. Are you medical essential? Nope you are garbage, are you firefighter, nope garbage. Only work that matters is influencer as THEY are rewarded and glory-fired. You can unwind few days later after saving people from death, OR just go and watch streamers having all the fun. That's issue.
No - It's CDPR that treat some people as VIP. This happened also at the launch (or pre-promotion I am not sure) of The Witcher 3, when a lot of YouTubers (Angry Joe, Gopher and a lot more) got an invitation to spend a while while with the people involved with the game (developers, staff, music makers) in a mideavel resort. It is called costumer-binding.
I heard no-one complain that these people got that VIP treatment. Well - Maybe jealous people (like it seems to be the case here), but no big deal.
So I say it again. Streamers are promoters and reviewers, and they get the stuff a bit more early on (just like game magazine and game reviewers).
Do you want to have games also early? Just start a view channel, get enough viewers and ask the game publisher/developer nicely for some early access. If you have enough viewers to earn a (kind of) VIP status you may be lucky. Otherwise - You simply have not done enough to get some special treatment. That's how the world works.