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Youtube launching YouTube Gaming (Twitch competitor) this summer
- Thread starter Captain Smirk
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R10Neymarfan
Member
Maybe this will force Twitch to finally adapt html5 streaming across all platforms. The fact that YouTube can do it makes it a good difference.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
What chat faces will it have
Milly Osworth
Member
Has Google tried to copy something of their own yet? Like a search engine.
This will take off but it will be slow. Last week a streamer was talking about the outreach Youtube was making to convince people like him to come over. He sees the financial benefit because youtube reaches a much larger audience but youtube requires everyone to go through a growth unlocking process that limits their streaming page in various ways until they hit certain performance benchmarks.
He's already cultivated a growing fanbase on twitch so he isn't interested in managing two accounts for now.
Personally I hope Twitch finally realizes their media player is garbage when compared to hitbox, mlg or youtube streaming and finally makes it less of resource hog so they can compete.
Glad to see they are having some fun with this serious competition, LOL.
He's already cultivated a growing fanbase on twitch so he isn't interested in managing two accounts for now.
Personally I hope Twitch finally realizes their media player is garbage when compared to hitbox, mlg or youtube streaming and finally makes it less of resource hog so they can compete.
Glad to see they are having some fun with this serious competition, LOL.
Youtube allows people doing things while sitting on vibrators
If Youtube Gaming allows similar content it could take a large portion of Twitch current and or future userbase
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
I don't even understand this comment
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It was only a matter of time and it's weird that it took them so long to get here. With all the gaming videos that pretty much lead up to the streaming renaissance, I really thought that this would be something they already had planned but maybe it is the right time. It's always good to have a competitor and I like the way it looks too.
https://gaming.youtube.com/coming_soon
^ if you click some of the polygons here, they all have music...mostly nintendo games
Doesn't have console support or a huge company backing it
jediyoshi
Member
Won't matter in the long run. Someone will script in twitch faces and it'll be kappas and frankerz until the end of time
djplaeskool
Member
dragonzdogma
Member
Great news
for some reason Twitch always felt clunky and laggy to me
hopefully this new youtube stream website and apps bring the fluidity that youtube delivers.
for some reason Twitch always felt clunky and laggy to me
hopefully this new youtube stream website and apps bring the fluidity that youtube delivers.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Competition is good so I'm looking forward to this.
Mr Moose
Member
https://twitter.com/YouTubeGaming/status/609439453547892736
And just like that, they have the CoD crowd.
And just like that, they have the CoD crowd.
Velcro Fly
Member
Competition is good but I think the culture of Twitch is too entrenched. YouTube's streaming before was fucking god awful. Good on them if they can get it turned around.
jediyoshi
Member
MLG streaming weeps a tear
I come from the Twitch. Through streams, peoples, and channels to this place: Youtube. My format: Gaming, to subscribe and spend. To spend for my new found friends, their Likes and Favorites. To spend all my hard earned monies.
They say the streamer lives outside the net, and inputs games for pleasure. No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out!
RE-LOCATE!
They say the streamer lives outside the net, and inputs games for pleasure. No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out!
RE-LOCATE!
Randomizer123454444
Member
http://youtube-global.blogspot.fi/2015/06/a-youtube-built-for-gamers.html
Wait. Wait. Does this mean this YouTube Gaming streams are not viewable outside US and UK? I don't see why streamers with any kind of significant international audience would use this YouTube Gaming thing if it meant sacrificing their audience.
Wait. Wait. Does this mean this YouTube Gaming streams are not viewable outside US and UK? I don't see why streamers with any kind of significant international audience would use this YouTube Gaming thing if it meant sacrificing their audience.
Mr Moose
Member
lol
I hope the stream quality is good, I'd switch from Twitch in an instant (and take my 2 followers with me).
I think it means you will be able to stream from there first.
This will most definitely, probably happen
Deutschland should be all good.
Velcro Fly
Member
You will get people looking to get big to switch to try and make it somewhere else. But I really doubt someone with tons of followers and a sub button is going to want to start all over. It splits the market I suppose.
Good, more competition. To be honest the unskippable 30 second ads on Twitch have gotten pretty anoying. They are just too long. Make them skippable after a couple of seconds or shorter (like 15s) all together. Maybe I'm spoiled but that's the internet we live in. 30 seconds are half a life time.
The Albatross
Member
Awesome, the more competition the better.
Auto-Reply
Member
Good, I hope it's successful. I have nothing but problems with twitch and I can't fix that, connection is always bad. Youtube however works fine.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Hmm...I should jump in the bandwagon and stream on YT while its fresh
The Cowboy
Member
I like the Twitch response (its a nice dig), but its weird because my daughter and every one of her friends now use Google+ instead of Facebook, they like that its all tied together. I can actually see this being a setup a lot will use, why have separate Facebook, Twitch and Youtube accounts when you can have a single Google account that works on Youtube, Youtube Gaming and Google+.
thisisalan
Member
Really exciting day today, thanks for the support, folks 
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.PsychoSoldier
Banned
Wonder if they'll start sponsoring people.
threelights
Member
Youtube always worked better with streaming than twitch for me (as a viewer, not a streamer).
So all Youtube has to do is to just keep the exact same streaming service as it has always had, and that will be good (in other words, I can't wait for them to change how streaming works and make it unwatchable for me...)
So all Youtube has to do is to just keep the exact same streaming service as it has always had, and that will be good (in other words, I can't wait for them to change how streaming works and make it unwatchable for me...)
mgs2master2
Banned
Really exciting day today, thanks for the support, folks
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Captain Smirk
Member
Really exciting day today, thanks for the support, folks
Congratulations on the reveal, it's looking great
FullMetaltech
Member
He works the gaming side on youtube. Congrats and good luck.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Competition is good and twitch definitely needs it.
HarryDemeanor
Member
New Metroid at E3.