Re:A YouTube built for gamers
by mattryanharris on Friday June 12, 2015 @08:42PM
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I don't see it succeeding unless they get Riot Games to exclusively stream on YouTube. That amount of views League of Legends brings to Twitch is crazy.
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Google can do some exclusives for tournaments and I have to imagine they are already in talks with some top streamers on Twitch to come to YouTube.
This would be a good time to be a streamer with a lot of fans to get in a little bidding war between Amazon and Google.
Re:A YouTube built for gamers
by sombremesa on Saturday June 13, 2015 @12:32PM
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Amazon doesn't have YouTube's experience, and is somewhat short-sighted when it comes to catering to content creators. Maybe Twitch employees could help.
Re:A YouTube built for gamers
by forthefuture on Friday June 12, 2015 @09:31PM
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Riot already streams LCS on youtube.
Haven't been following LCS for 2 years or so, but they used to stream it on multiple platforms at the same time.
I don't think Google can pay RIOT enough to go exclusive, especially since they need to be able to stream and get revenue from multiple regions, especially China.