Games should have “optimise for streaming” option

Re:Games should have “optimise for streaming” option by goosedragons on Sunday February 26, 2023 @01:14PM (#34947780)

I think it is. It still seems like a minority situation to me. How much of a player base is streamers that it makes sense to optimize games for Twitch? Wouldn't it make more sense for Twitch to optimize video codecs for games in mind instead?

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Re:Games should have “optimise for streaming” option by Brybry on Sunday February 26, 2023 @01:24PM (#34947902)

The viewership and exposure level is so great on Twitch/Youtube/Facebook/etc that games already have "streamer modes" that hide information to, for example, help prevent stream snipers (including big games like Call of Duty).

Streaming is big. Making your game look good when streamed is probably worthwhile. Arguably some game genres and trends wouldn't even exist if not for streaming.

Battle Royale games were based on a little known ARMA mod that was popularized by streamers like Lirik which lead to more people playing them which lead to more games like that being made.

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Re:Games should have “optimise for streaming” option by brucethemoose2 on Sunday February 26, 2023 @01:17PM (#34947816)

A small fraction of players, but its a critical fraction to market a game. Many games already have a "streamer mode" that disables licensed music among other things.

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