Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

Re:Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon by chippy on Friday August 26, 2016 @04:57PM (#12369250)

Give it a try, see if you like it. I'd suggest a variety streamer first. The main thing for me, is that it's entertainment, not really the game itself.

Visualise this: Imagine your favourite comedian cracking jokes, now imagine him cracking jokes while playing a video game. Now imagine a chat of thousands joining in and interacting with your favourite comedian. Now imagine yourself talking to and cracking jokes with them. This is, in essence what many popular streams are.

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Re:Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon by serge2k on Friday August 26, 2016 @08:27PM (#12370244)

Now imagine he's not funny and he's trying to appeal to kids.

This is why I don't bother. I do like speedruns, and I watch some of the cinemassacre stuff on youtube since I do actually like watching those guys.

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Re:Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon by fragola on Friday August 26, 2016 @06:42PM (#12369811)

This sounds terrible, really! Which makes sense because I do not like Twitch etc. :)

The GP is getting downvoted, so I guess a lot of people do enjoy watching games be played instead of playing them. Thank you for providing an explanation. As someone who does not enjoy it, it IS really difficult to understand.

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