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twitch should focus on sports and esports, and not on fan-based communities which are so cringe with personalized emotes and whatnot. turbo should be cheaper fo

twitch should focus on sports and esports, and not on fan-based communities which are so cringe with personalized emotes and whatnot. turbo should be cheaper for international audience. high-quality live video should be paid. everybody else should get pseudo-live video. it should make partnerships and deals both with gaming and sports companies (and platforms like Steam) and sports/e-sports event companies. they should also stop promoting amazon, it was very boring when every streamer was selling that amazon prime bullshit instead of giving me content. I would pay to watch twitch, but not monthly as I only care about a few events a year for the game I like to watch (counter-strike).

coffeebeqn 3y ago
Esports so far has been a terrible business. No one wants to pay PPV for vidya games when you can watch so much of that for free. And most orgs have failed to find any real means of revenue. Just one example the Overwatch league that required millions invested to own a team is being shut down
- gverrilla 3y ago
  Esports is at it's infancy, but increasing in size and developing. But yeah they would have to innovate, and would be a challenge. And have a focused strategy. Is there any other segment where Twitch currently holds an advantageous position? Counter-strike majors are mainly watched through twitch even though steam offers in-game streams.
  - azemetre 3y ago
    Esports has been a thing since the 90s with Quake and Unreal tournaments. I agree with the other poster, Esports isn’t a massive money maker like how the world championships for scrabble aren’t a massive money maker either. It’s extremely niche and the audience demographics are mostly poor, it’s not a boon you think it is. You can be smart about it like Valve and Riot or you can be stupid about it like Blizzard and Faze. Although Faze seems to be smart in how stupid the execution was. If esports couldn’t make it during the pandemic, I doubt it would make it now when money is very expensive.
  - rchaud 3y ago
    I remember watching a televised Starcraft tournament in 2001 in Korea. Maybe there just isn't a big market for it outside of a few countries. It's not at all in its infancy. The big money is in real sports.

coffeebeqn 3y ago

Esports so far has been a terrible business. No one wants to pay PPV for vidya games when you can watch so much of that for free. And most orgs have failed to find any real means of revenue. Just one example the Overwatch league that required millions invested to own a team is being shut down

gverrilla 3y ago
Esports is at it's infancy, but increasing in size and developing. But yeah they would have to innovate, and would be a challenge. And have a focused strategy. Is there any other segment where Twitch currently holds an advantageous position? Counter-strike majors are mainly watched through twitch even though steam offers in-game streams.
- azemetre 3y ago
  Esports has been a thing since the 90s with Quake and Unreal tournaments. I agree with the other poster, Esports isn’t a massive money maker like how the world championships for scrabble aren’t a massive money maker either. It’s extremely niche and the audience demographics are mostly poor, it’s not a boon you think it is. You can be smart about it like Valve and Riot or you can be stupid about it like Blizzard and Faze. Although Faze seems to be smart in how stupid the execution was. If esports couldn’t make it during the pandemic, I doubt it would make it now when money is very expensive.
- rchaud 3y ago
  I remember watching a televised Starcraft tournament in 2001 in Korea. Maybe there just isn't a big market for it outside of a few countries. It's not at all in its infancy. The big money is in real sports.