Google buying out Twitch.TV for 1 billion.

Nyx · 08-07-2014, 10:47 AM

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/google...eo-empire/

Google will be buying out the livestreaming service Twitch for 1 billion dollars. It is un-announced when the deal will actually take place, but changes are already being made to Twitch. Like Youtube, Twitch now has anti-copyright in place, and your stream can and will be muted if it plays copy-written music. Lot's of large streamers are already starting to lose hope in Twitch and are jumping ship and moving to new and upcoming platforms such as Hitbox.tv.

So what do you guys think of this? I personally stream all the time on Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/tarew), so this may or may not affect me. I don't play music at all on my stream so nothing has happened to my account yet, but I will be leaving if Google+ is incorporated into Twitch at all. If in the future I do plan on getting music, I will hopefully be popular enough to make a deal with something like Monstercat so I can play their mixes and whatnot.

Scythe · 08-07-2014, 03:54 PM

Get ready for a new selection of advertisements I say.

Losi · 08-07-2014, 04:13 PM

Well fuck. That blows. I hope now that streamers get more money or something like that.

Dismas · 08-07-2014, 05:47 PM

I've always disliked Twitch, so I don't personally care. Smile

Nyx · 08-07-2014, 08:03 PM

(08-07-2014, 05:47 PM)Oni Wrote: I've always disliked Twitch, so I don't personally care.

What exactly made you not like Twitch?

Diego · 08-08-2014, 03:01 AM

(08-07-2014, 04:13 PM)Losimantom Wrote: Well fuck. That blows. I hope now that streamers get more money or something like that.

Yeah i really hope the live streamers make more money. I think popular streamers deserve more than popular youtubers.

My favorite streamer is Trick2g.

Lain · 08-08-2014, 03:25 AM

inb4 "In order to chat please sign into your G+ account"

Nyx · 08-08-2014, 05:22 AM

(08-08-2014, 03:01 AM)Diego Wrote: Yeah i really hope the live streamers make more money. I think popular streamers deserve more than popular youtubers.

My favorite streamer is Trick2g.

My favorite is probably Towelliee or Giantwaffle.

(08-08-2014, 03:25 AM)Poochy Wrote: inb4 "In order to chat please sign into your G+ account"

I have no clue why Google pushes people onto Google+ so hard, it's not even good.

Crypt · 08-08-2014, 05:30 AM

Google also bought beats for a few billion.

Satan · 08-08-2014, 05:31 AM

(08-08-2014, 05:30 AM)Crypt Wrote: Google also bought beats for a few billion.

I thought that was Apple.