I would say all of the above. The top twitch streamers don't make a
fortune, but it often leads to appearances in other gaming events that
they get paid for.
There isn't a lot to understand if you just view it like a job. How do
people work in a factory for 12 hours? If you're popular on twitch, you
can definitely make more than minimum wage, and you get to play video
games all day.
I don't watch it, and I don't really understand why it's interesting to
people, but it is..
On 12/4/2016 10:39 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I was born without the gaming gene, so can someone explain Twitch to me?
I have a customer spending a lot of money (now that harvest is over)
for a speed tier with 5 Mbps of upstream so he can broadcast. Which I
see he does for 12 hours straight.
What is the appeal? Fun? Fame? Or profit? Does this bring in
advertising money? Enough to make it worthwhile?
And how does someone stream their game play for 12 hours straight?
Astronaut diapers? Lots of Mountain Dew and Doritos? Or do they get
breaks?
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