I just checked my installation. I went to a friend's profile. His count for "videos watched" was 1648. I went and watched one of his videos, the number changed to 1649. I don't see a problem there... I also checked the featured videos...video listed as 201 views. I watched it and returned to the front page and the number changed to 202.

Is what you're experiencing also happening at the demo site or just on your installation? It appears to be functioning OK on mine...