YouTube is Now Better at Live Streaming than Twitch

GoldenGlove

GoldenGlove

😐😑😶😑😐
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
61,024
Reputation
5,991
Daps
143,768
YouTube is now better at live streaming than Twitch

:lupe:

The Dota 2 International Championships took place last week, determining the winner of the grand Aegis of the Immortal trophy and distributing $18.4 million in prize money among the 16 participating teams. Beyond the mythical battles and skirmishes inside the game, the tournament was also an important event in the ongoing contest between YouTube and Twitch. The International 5 (TI5) was streamed live on both services as well as inside the Dota 2 game client itself — though this year, unlike any of the previous ones, I watched almost all of it on YouTube. What’s changed?

Having lost out to Amazon in the pursuit to acquire Twitch last year, Google remained determined to own a dominant live-streaming platform and redoubled its efforts at making YouTube that destination. YouTube had already served up a good number of live music concerts and political debates, but the fight against Twitch was about recruiting gamers: both fans of titles like Dota 2 and the players who streamed their matches online. This is a big and growing business, and it’s a natural extension of YouTube’s dominant position as the main repository of user-generated videos. But YouTube’s first bite at the International cherry wasn’t a happy one: in 2014, it shared the spotlight with Twitch on Valve’s Dota 2pages, however its streams were unreliable, lapsing into regular buffering pauses, and lacked the polish and quality of Twitch’s output.

In 2015, YouTube’s live streams of The International have been pretty much flawless. 1080p resolution, 60 frames per second, always there when you need them. The gap in quality that existed has now been bridged, and YouTube stands as Twitch’s equal in pure technical terms. But you can’t beat Twitch by just being as good, and the thing that drew me to YouTube this year was the extra functionality on offer from Google’s video service...
Click to expand...

There's more in the link... @itsyoung!!

Thoughts?
 
GoldenGlove

GoldenGlove

😐😑😶😑😐
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
61,024
Reputation
5,991
Daps
143,768
satam55 said:
Is that really a suprise?
Click to expand...
I wouldn't say surprise, but even if it's technically better... I'm still wondering how long it'll take for more streamers to move over to Youtube, if ever.
 
Tha Gawd Amen

Tha Gawd Amen

Mamba Mentality
Supporter
Joined
Nov 17, 2013
Messages
8,471
Reputation
3,280
Daps
28,574
Reppin
#ByrdGang
GoldenGlove said:
I wouldn't say surprise, but even if it's technically better... I'm still wondering how long it'll take for more streamers to move over to Youtube, if ever.
Click to expand...
Feel like the steamers that already have a large presence on YouTube will probably move over there. Mainly thinking about many of the FIFA steamers I watch and other sport games steamers. I could see the computer games staying on twitch though.
 
Tha Gawd Amen

Tha Gawd Amen

Mamba Mentality
Supporter
Joined
Nov 17, 2013
Messages
8,471
Reputation
3,280
Daps
28,574
Reppin
#ByrdGang
But doesn't Google own both these shyts? Why don't they just consolidate them?

Edit: remembered amazon owns twitch
 
NZA

NZA

LOL
Joined
May 3, 2012
Messages
22,731
Reputation
4,601
Daps
58,377
Reppin
Run Thru U Like Skattebo
with all that google money, you cant stop their tech advancement. you just have to hope you can keep a culture at twitch that gamers value more than anything. youtube's content creator policies always leave some room for competitors to be better
 
itsyoung!!

itsyoung!!

Banned
Bushed
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
38,914
Reputation
6,660
Daps
110,425
Reppin
Bay Area
GoldenGlove said:
I wouldn't say surprise, but even if it's technically better... I'm still wondering how long it'll take for more streamers to move over to Youtube, if ever.
Click to expand...
If the money right anyone will move. Mlg got nadeshot to move. Youtube got the funds to go to war. Twitch problem is they put all they eggs in 1 basket making sure their top streamers keep building their fan base while making it harder for newer or less known streamers to get an audience. If youtube can find a balance they can run twitch out the game
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top