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Study: Four video games share 65% of viewing time on Twitch
- Thread starter Spring Drive
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But would you pay money? I could set up a stream to do that if I get thrown money. I don't art project for free.
GrantDaNasty
Member
It does?
Shit, then I guess spectating sports matches or any other activity marginalizes the core activity as a result.
Stop watching Football, go out there and play Football you yahoos!
On-topic: I was 3/4 for the most popular games, haven't messed around with Hearthstone much at all so didn't figure its popularity regarding all this, but makes sense.
Hearthstone is fun to watch because the split second decisions are spread across a minute, allowing everyone to try and guess the best next action. The whole chat is constantly abuzz with people coming up with ideas between the memes. There's a very communal feel to a lot of the streams, with the streamers regularly entertaining the ideas of chat and the whole atmosphere feels like the group is in it together. Also, I find you can really learn a lot about making plays in the game, since everything is evenly paced, whereas a lot of the skill in other games is less directly translatable due to a heavy portion of it being based on your ability to efficiently manage a group and lightning reflexes. Lastly, there is just enough RNG and flashiness to constantly entertain the viewers.
JustSomeone
Member
There are the occasional fun moments, but Trolden covers them, so yeah, no point in watching a stream of it.
Augemitbutter
Member
in our hearts.
cheezcake
Member
Not really, there are a couple big streamers who do that but it's still a minority
chaobreaker
Member
I'm honestly surprised in Minecraft not being some streaming juggernaut on Twitch. Do the kids just prefer all their content as editted YouTube videos?
Leagues numbers are honestly pretty scary. That game never seems to lose its viewership despite all of its MOBA genre competition.
That WESA nonsense was absolutely embarrassing. I wish Valve actually gave enough of a fuck to clamp down on their bullshit.
Leagues numbers are honestly pretty scary. That game never seems to lose its viewership despite all of its MOBA genre competition.
That WESA nonsense was absolutely embarrassing. I wish Valve actually gave enough of a fuck to clamp down on their bullshit.
The FGC is tiny compared to those other games.
schaft0620
Member
I think that Overwatch is going to work it's way into this list.
Valkyr1983
Banned
Guess I don't understand how MK is more popular
I thought offline and single player content were for scrubs who couldn't git gud
Spring Drive
Banned
It is a juggernaut, it's consistently in the top 10
Subpar Spatula
Banned
The Overwatch beta itself seemed to be propped up as a flavor of the month game. It will need a great esports push by Blizzard to be viewed by lots. Chances are its doomed to sit next to Heroes of the Storm.
PhazonBlazer
Member
Overwatch might end up being #5
In the grand scheme of things? Not really. Twitch also recently introduced a rule that you can't just open crates for hours on end anymore.
PaulBizkit
Member
Well, I don't post on GAF when i'm at home. I come here during downtime at work, lunch breaks and during the good ol' commute back home.
I think there's a reason why the top 4 games are all online PC multiplayers (with no iterations). People like to watch how other people play because they want to learn certain techniques, or how to do certain things, maybe they follow matches between teams from their country vs an overseas team.
Besides, everybody has a PC, the top4 games run well on almost any pc... they are today's WoW.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Looks like Dark Souls 3 as number 5?
That's pretty impressive for such a supposedly "niche" game
That's pretty impressive for such a supposedly "niche" game
Messofanego
Banned
"As Gamologo said, a lot of major actors in the videogame industry are completely absent from the Top 10, such as Nintendo, Sony or Electronic Arts."
What competitive games are Nintendo, Sony, or EA putting out? Splatoon, Uncharted 4 MP, Battlefield, Battlefront. Yeah, don't see them getting into the Top 10 consistently. Plus, Battlefield doesn't seem to have much of a tournament scene.
What competitive games are Nintendo, Sony, or EA putting out? Splatoon, Uncharted 4 MP, Battlefield, Battlefront. Yeah, don't see them getting into the Top 10 consistently. Plus, Battlefield doesn't seem to have much of a tournament scene.
ozz ex machina
Member
I disagree, Heroes was going into an oversaturated market. There is no polished and friendly class based shooter out there. TF2 is impenetrable and refuses to make good MM. CS:GO is completely different and actually compliments it quite nicely. Quake Live is sadly dead.
I will be shocked if OW isn't a staple along with the other top 4 after 12 months. It's really down to how well blizzard supports the game.
Nuclear Pancakes
Member
Unfortunately, its only there because its new. A few more months and it will fall, but probably still be top 20 for awhile.
It's the flavour of the month, in a few weeks/months a new big release like NMS or a popular indie game will replace it.
ozz ex machina
Member
Because actual fans of CS were tired of their game being populated by children entertainers who never play the game but just play some shit virtual lottery where nobody wins.
I'd probably watch that too.
MK is pretty much dead on Twitch though. For example, at the moment of this post it has 222 viewers.
SFV on a common day is about where USF4 was, if a bit higher still, and is usually the most viewed fighting game when there are no competitions.
Fighting games. And I can at least understand why people would watch shooters. But I don't get watching MOBAs and card games.
The fuck? Don't lump me in with him. What I said wasn't even remotely similar to his dismissive "Why would people watch video game?" attitude. I said that I don't find a couple types of games interesting to watch.
I watch games all the time. I watch a lot of LPs, some fighting game tournaments, and when AGDQ happens I usually have it running pretty much all week. There are just some games that I find really dull to watch, and it's bizarre to me that those games are the most popular games for other people watch by a significant margin.
i don't get why anyone thinks there is really a "gaming community" to begin with, when lots of people who play the biggest games in the world play only those games and probably don't think of themselves as gamers. there's a league community and a dota community, but both of those have very little to do with the rest of the industry.
WrenchNinja
Member
I would always catch my little brother watching hearthstone streams and it was always bewildering to me. I mean card games are cool to play but to watch, man, I don't get it. Yeah I know Poker has a tv thing but I think that's boring too tbh.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Not as long as LoL and Hearthstone remain on top.
It's not bizarre if you think that those games are far, FAR more popular than any fighting game. I find soccer super dull but hey, billions of people love it.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Evo and sometimes Capcom official tournaments are the only times you'll see fighting games dominate Twitch.
entremet
Member
Because it has a wider audience?
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Wait for EVO and word of mouth. That will do it.
As a parent of two kids (5 and 7) who watch (way too much) minecraft YT videos (and yes, thats a pretty standard age for viewing, every kid my kids know watch MC YTers), its not that Twitch streams are not potentially something they'd like to watch, but I think parents are not exposing them to the streams, we can't control the content as well as we can control the pre-edited videos the major Youtubers make.
The big youtubers in MC are pretty clearly aware that children watch, and are very very good at keeping the content completely appropriate. A live stream being done by anyone is bound to slip in some words I dont want them to hear, or some content I dont want them to see. Controlling their YT subs (my kids use my account to watch stuff) is far more effective.
Thats my take on why streams arent a 'kid thing' yet.
sturgboski
Member
Twitch Trolls GAF channel? Now that sounds like it will be amazing. Someone should get on that.
This.
I'm curious to see where the numbers end up after Overwatch drops...I imagine that game will have a lot of attention on Twitch.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
It's not catching up to MKX. That moment is gone.
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Unfortunately for english speakers, most of the time the top two rows of Dota 2 streamers are russians. Sing, rtz, black, either don't stream at all or when I can watch them. I'm left with admiralbulldong, merlini, and waga mainly.
Are we speaking sales or twitch viewers here?
fargofallout
Member
Dammit. I saw the headline and tried to guess - I got LoL, DOTA, and CSGO right, but I missed Hearthstone. Don't think I ever would have come up with that.
Spring Drive
Banned
Playing games gets takes energy, even the easy ones. Sometimes you just want to relax and watch some gameplay
Yup.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Both? MKX doesn't do bad when it's a main game at a tournament.
Because what you like isn't hanging at the top spot?
Yep.
Seems the entire theme of SFV is "don't worry it'll catch up" to a great amount of people. Whether that's lack of content, sales, word of mouth, now views...like that needs to be the tagline if they come out with a complete edition.
"Street Fighter V: Catch Up Edition"
Milly Osworth
Member
I wish I could look at a Twitch stream without a pasty nerd in then corner. Or is there an option to turn off the webcams?
OT: makes sense, same with sports.
OT: makes sense, same with sports.