Youtube to buy Twitch?

#31

emo

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Lets just hope they don't update the twitch overlay.

#32

nich

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A few big streamers have already expressed their disdain for this change, its up to whether twitch wants to continue as a website or make some big dosh.

I don't see it happening, twitch is too successful of a website and their community has a mass of influence.

A few big streamers have already expressed their disdain for this change, its up to whether twitch wants to continue as a website or make some big dosh.

I don't see it happening, twitch is too successful of a website and their community has a mass of influence.

#33

crossfire

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google lan?

#34

eee

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LionxWell they probably make a shit-ton of money when League, Dota, and CS:GO tournaments are streamed on there. So they probably aren't gonna sell out.

They probably don't make google dollars though
Google isn't making that big of an offer to make a short term profit

[quote=Lionx]Well they probably make a shit-ton of money when League, Dota, and CS:GO tournaments are streamed on there. So they probably aren't gonna sell out.[/quote]
They probably don't make google dollars though
Google isn't making that big of an offer to make a short term profit

#35

Platinum

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Google John?

#36

Ragor

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*

#37

visitnig

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nickplusA few big streamers have already expressed their disdain for this change, its up to whether twitch wants to continue as a website or make some big dosh.

I don't see it happening, twitch is too successful of a website and their community has a mass of influence.

$1 billion cash, vs the possibility of some nerds getting angry, mmhmmhmhmh......

[quote=nickplus]A few big streamers have already expressed their disdain for this change, its up to whether twitch wants to continue as a website or make some big dosh.

I don't see it happening, twitch is too successful of a website and their community has a mass of influence.[/quote]

$1 billion [i][b][u]cash[/u][/b][/i], vs the possibility of some nerds getting angry, mmhmmhmhmh......

#38

La_maison

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They already mentioned that they´re trying to not force Google+ down your throat as much so this is probably not something to be concerned about.

The worrying part is brand competition, so the most likely outcome is for them to slowly merge Twitch into Youtube´s already existing streaming service. (The key part here is subtlety, to avoid an upset. Does anyone remember Microsoft´s Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? You can actually notice this strategy in a lot of Google´s products, like Chrome and Android.)

I´m so stoked for channels that are not available to watch without a proxy, copyright strikes and as I mentioned earlier, content ID. The positive side is that John is going to have massages and free catering at work, so that´s at least something, right?

They already mentioned that they´re trying to not force Google+ down your throat as much so this is probably not something to be concerned about.

The worrying part is brand competition, so the most likely outcome is for them to slowly merge Twitch into Youtube´s already existing streaming service. (The key part here is subtlety, to avoid an upset. Does anyone remember Microsoft´s Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? You can actually notice this strategy in a lot of Google´s products, like Chrome and Android.)

I´m so stoked for channels that are not available to watch without a proxy, copyright strikes and as I mentioned earlier, content ID. The positive side is that John is going to have massages and free catering at work, so that´s at least something, right?

#39

Oblivionage

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google will take over the world. slowly.. but surely

#40

thmpsn

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WHY
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Y

#41

Irishhhh

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lmao google internet takeover xD

#42

fsXD

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silent hoping this will be a good thing

but it honestly won't unless something changes over at google

silent hoping this will be a good thing

but it honestly won't unless something changes over at google

#43

redrocket4

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the $1b is sub money

#44

synchro

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Relax guys, I'm sure enigma will just start running stream servers.

#45

Cocoa

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In other news AT&T buys DirecTV for $48.5 billion. First the net neutrality bullshit with Comcast, now this and YouTube trying to get Twitch? It's a goddamn media takeover.

#46

obsidiian

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RIP twitch, you will be missed

#47

r4pture

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Hello hitbox.tv

#48

wareya

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OsirisI'm most worried about the UI, with Google's history of constantly "updating" them into a state of utter confusion.

if that means i can finally resize the player vertically i'm all for it
http://i.imgur.com/LvRPFpb.png
seriously wtf, i don't need the title or buttons there, they're just giving be black bars.

[quote=Osiris]I'm most worried about the UI, with Google's history of constantly "updating" them into a state of utter confusion.[/quote]
if that means i can finally resize the player vertically i'm all for it
http://i.imgur.com/LvRPFpb.png
seriously wtf, i don't need the title or buttons there, they're just giving be black bars.

#49

2c

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it's unlikely they'll operate any different than they already have been. stop trippin

#50

2c

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john already has massages and catering at work

#51

Getawhale

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2cit's unlikely they'll operate any different than they already have been. stop trippin

it's hard to deny Google's trend of making everything backwards over the past 2 or 3 years

[quote=2c]it's unlikely they'll operate any different than they already have been. stop trippin[/quote]

it's hard to deny Google's trend of making everything backwards over the past 2 or 3 years

#52

Dave_

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yo when will google start making 120hz monitors

#53

viggi

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I think its gonna be more of them still staying independent but just with infrastructure boost from google

#54

mathsad

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viggiI think its gonna be more of them still staying independent but just with infrastructure boost from google

pretty sure this is what's gonna happen. as badly as google ruined youtube over the years i doubt they'll do that with twitch for the main reason that there's no incentive to move the twitch offices into google. hopefully it stays that way in the future but it's hard to tell. i know they're giving up on the google+ crap (rightfully) since even employees in the company thought it was fucking stupid.

also the guys at twitch are pretty cool, they arent the type to just sell out and leave the project so i doubt that's what this is.

[quote=viggi]I think its gonna be more of them still staying independent but just with infrastructure boost from google[/quote]
pretty sure this is what's gonna happen. as badly as google ruined youtube over the years i doubt they'll do that with twitch for the main reason that there's no incentive to move the twitch offices into google. hopefully it stays that way in the future but it's hard to tell. i know they're giving up on the google+ crap (rightfully) since even employees in the company thought it was fucking stupid.

also the guys at twitch are pretty cool, they arent the type to just sell out and leave the project so i doubt that's what this is.

#55

La_maison

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Update: The Wall Street Journal has chimed in saying that the Twitch/Google talks "are at an early stage, and a deal isn't imminent." It sounds like Google and Twitch are talking, but we're getting conflicting reports about the timing.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/05/report-google-to-acquire-twitch-tv-for-more-than-1-billion/

[quote]Update: The Wall Street Journal has chimed in saying that the Twitch/Google talks "are at an early stage, and a deal isn't imminent." It sounds like Google and Twitch are talking, but we're getting conflicting reports about the timing.[/quote]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/05/report-google-to-acquire-twitch-tv-for-more-than-1-billion/

#56

Motherfucker

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http://static.mumsnet.com/uploads/talk/201404/large-861-7e94030740fc5be5ab4d662bafd328e7.jpg

[img]http://static.mumsnet.com/uploads/talk/201404/large-861-7e94030740fc5be5ab4d662bafd328e7.jpg[/img]

#57

qarky

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ghetto game over

#58

GTSBY

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First oculus goes to facebook, and now this. ;_;

#59

synchro

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I don't know if anyone here has checked out Youtube's live streaming but I think it's actually better than Twitch. You can scrub around the video to catch up on whatever you missed, and when it's done it's already processed and available in full.

Plus, if Google does buy Twitch, it'll probably be very similar to how Youtube works: operating mostly on its own, but backed by the Google.

I don't know if anyone here has checked out Youtube's live streaming but I think it's actually better than Twitch. You can scrub around the video to catch up on whatever you missed, and when it's done it's already processed and available in full.

Plus, if Google does buy Twitch, it'll probably be very similar to how Youtube works: operating mostly on its own, but backed by the Google.

#60

yttrium

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Upsides:

Much better server backend, so we can finally save 1080p offline images
Probable Google+ integration for announcing you're streaming; could be seen as a downside
Way more processing power in that server backend - finally we might see encoding options for non-partners!
Another upside to the better server backend is that the 20s or more delay will probably be reduced to around 5 seconds or so, depending on how they handle it
Better mobile apps - the current apps are horrible
Might begin supporting WebM encoding, which means we could see HTML5 players/chat and better quality streams because of WebM's improved encoding over h.264

Downsides:

Possible shitty Google+ integration
Chat might become awful
More ads?
Might just get integrated with Google rather than staying its own site

Upsides:
[list]
[*] Much better server backend, so we can finally save 1080p offline images
[*] Probable Google+ integration for announcing you're streaming; could be seen as a downside
[*] Way more processing power in that server backend - finally we might see encoding options for non-partners!
[*] Another upside to the better server backend is that the 20s or more delay will probably be reduced to around 5 seconds or so, depending on how they handle it
[*] Better mobile apps - the current apps are horrible
[*] Might begin supporting WebM encoding, which means we could see HTML5 players/chat and better quality streams because of WebM's improved encoding over h.264
[/list]

Downsides:
[list]
[*] Possible shitty Google+ integration
[*] Chat might become awful
[*] More ads?
[*] Might just get integrated with Google rather than staying its own site
[/list]