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Twitch announces Subscriber-Only Streams (Out today in Beta)
- Thread starter IDontBeatGames
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Communities are the heart of twitch
So we're gonna make it harder to be a part of them by putting them behind a paywall?
Fantastic
So we're gonna make it harder to be a part of them by putting them behind a paywall?
Fantastic
It's useful for small bonus streams as a incentive for subbing. I don't expect people to lock their major stream time behind this.
Can't see many streamers use this, but I'm sure companies, organisations and event runners will be all over pay to view streams.
I think I know what you're saying but I don't want to assume. Elaborate?
Say Ninja gets a Fortnite update early to test. Say he keeps that on his sub-only stream. People not subscribing then really want to see what the new stuff is, so they then subscribe.
Same as how gaming sites like Giant Bomb do it, specific content for subs only.
Garbage option. Subscriber chat mode was good enough. Ain't no one need this feature because you know it'll only be the bigger streamers that use this shit to get as many subs as they can. Just promotes greed.
Funny people are so amazed by this. Seems like smart streamers will use the Giant Bomb method, most content open to all, with specific series behind the paywall. As a guy who doesn't use twitch that often, this sounds like an actual reason to subscribe to a channel, which I never really got before.
As a streamer myself, sometimes I want to do special streams for my supporters. It's not something you do all the time. It's no different than providing exclusive content for people who support a patreon.
Not to mention you don't want to lot a toxic of people watching certain streams. This is a good way to stream sometimes without the trolls.
I think its mostly for streamers who already have lots of people watching their streams usually. And this would be a good way to convert non-subs to subs by enticing them to be able to watch the 'secret-stream'.
Giant Bomb was the first thing that came to mind. But there's a lot of people here with a "Fuck Streamers" mentality so I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of backlash here.
I'm all for streamers getting more tools
Finally, Dr. D can live stream in bathrooms, knowing that only his trusted subscribers will see that premium content. Bye haters!
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I understand the thought behind this, but what about a ton of people or groups who make group content (like Kinda Funny etc) who use Patreon to make exclusive content? It's almost the same thing lol.
Yikes as a response on Era has officially lost all meaning lol.
There's a way this could make sense, as people mentioned the GB Premium model. You'd need to have a pretty sizable audience to be able to sustain it though, smaller streamers wouldn't have the clout to throw around like that.
Pornographic sites have often been on the forefront of online innovation!
There's been subscriber only VODs for years so I'm surprised it took so long to add the live version.
If they would allow NSF content I would get the business behind it.
This? however? Maybe some "educational Pro Stream Tips and Tricks".
This? however? Maybe some "educational Pro Stream Tips and Tricks".
DSP and Wings, who have larger troll audiences than legitimate viewers could benefit from this.
Don't see why this is a problem. How is it any different then Patreon only bonus podcasts? It's good to give steamers more options on how they deliver content/streams.
Giantbomb has subscriber specific content, are they going to be locking these VODs down as well?
I don't have a fuck streamers mentality, I have a fuck racist toxic streamers, which seem to be numerous on Twitch.
Edit: Also listening to streamers, they don't really know what this is for either, even for charity streams you'd want the most eyes. If you aren't growing as a streamer, you're getting left behind.
Nothing inherently wrong with this but funny to hear this is what they're focusing their messaging on instead of those two high-profile cases of accounts that by all rights should have been banned. Especially when it's not a useful for feature for most people using the site.
At least "videos go sideways" would have some use for people who stream TATE-mode arcade games, for example...
At least "videos go sideways" would have some use for people who stream TATE-mode arcade games, for example...
I would imagine some streamers are going to use special sub only streams as a sub perk.
Someone said something bad? "Yikes"
Company made dumb decision? "Yikes"
Someone diagnosed with some sickness? "Yikes"
Worst word on the site.
I rarely use twitch but sometimes I just want to watch some talent streamer play a game for a bit and move on. I know I'm not the intended target audience but I cant see this lighting the world on fire.
Sub-only VODs have been a thing for years (Evo used to charge for them).
Curious how they will encrypt this as currently you can just grab the stream URL and use something like VLC or Media Player to play it. They will probably do it the way Netflix does.
In the land where subscriber count is king, I can't see anyone wanting to stream without the potential to gain new followers. Bonus streams I guess, but still.
Interesting, thanks for the info.
I'm assuming for subscriber only streams you'd have to authenticate somehow. I'm sure people will find a way to use VLC even with this in mind by attaching the correct cookie or something.
I feel like this is probably an item more for the smaller streamers who have 100-200 viewers, rather then the 1000+ streamer. Reason being, you just don't have that much to offer your subscribers. The emotes are tied to how many subs you have, so low sub-count streamers struggle to offer people much more than a Discord channel access. Used correctly, I can definitely see this increasing peoples' sub counts.
