Twitch and the Gaming Revolution Twitch is a video streaming service that is growing fast. According to current estimates, Twitch uses approximately 1.35 percent of Internet data in the United States. The only companies that beat out Twitch in usage were Netflix, Google and Apple. (Tsukayama, 2014) Twitch allows consumers to preview game content via no-biased producers. Producers on Twitch are able to make money streaming content. Twitch is an excellent service that is used by a wide variety of people and has a variety of content that almost everyone can enjoy.
Characteristics of the Users of the System The two groups of people that use the Twitch service are those that consume the content and those that produce it. The consumer is someone …show more content…
The producers of the content are able to play video games and make lots of money doing it. A famous streamer by the name of PewDiePie has the largest subscriber count. Is estimated income is $140,000.00 - $1,400,000.00 a month. (Kurtz, 2014) It is only an estimate because the producers are bound by contract and are not allowed to say how much money is made. Twitch is also a gateway for consumers to find a producer and the other types of content the producer makes. There are some negative impacts that can be caused by the Twitch system. Since its primary content is live and not always censored, it can have a negative effect on younger users. Also Twitch and other services like it can be detrimental to game manufacturers. If a video game they produce is not up to the public’s standard, then it will b live-streamed to the world. End users will see the sub-par content and decide not to purchase the video game. This causes the game manufacturers to lose countless sums of money that they would have otherwise gain from ignorant …show more content…
The end user can make more informed decisions about an item they wish to purchase. The producer can make a living off of something the love doing. For the gaming manufacturer twitch can be a double edge sword. If the community likes your game it will flourish but if the community dislikes your game, it will fail. Ultimately Twitch helps inform the consumer on the available products in the market place. The more the consumer critiques the video games, the more pressured they will be to create a better
Characteristics of the Users of the System The two groups of people that use the Twitch service are those that consume the content and those that produce it. The consumer is someone …show more content…
The producers of the content are able to play video games and make lots of money doing it. A famous streamer by the name of PewDiePie has the largest subscriber count. Is estimated income is $140,000.00 - $1,400,000.00 a month. (Kurtz, 2014) It is only an estimate because the producers are bound by contract and are not allowed to say how much money is made. Twitch is also a gateway for consumers to find a producer and the other types of content the producer makes. There are some negative impacts that can be caused by the Twitch system. Since its primary content is live and not always censored, it can have a negative effect on younger users. Also Twitch and other services like it can be detrimental to game manufacturers. If a video game they produce is not up to the public’s standard, then it will b live-streamed to the world. End users will see the sub-par content and decide not to purchase the video game. This causes the game manufacturers to lose countless sums of money that they would have otherwise gain from ignorant …show more content…
The end user can make more informed decisions about an item they wish to purchase. The producer can make a living off of something the love doing. For the gaming manufacturer twitch can be a double edge sword. If the community likes your game it will flourish but if the community dislikes your game, it will fail. Ultimately Twitch helps inform the consumer on the available products in the market place. The more the consumer critiques the video games, the more pressured they will be to create a better