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Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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Re: Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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twitch is twitch. Who really searches for Twitch, instead of just visiting the site and searching for content there?

That proportion is not too relevant for this graph. The graph is relative. Even if a only a small percentage of Twitch users use Google search to access Twitch, the graph would be somewhat indicative of it's growth.

The question is: does the probability that a given user accesses Twitch over Google search go down as the user uses Twitch more often? Does it so more than on other sites, maybe because regular twitch use promotes other ways of engagement (phone app, console app, email notifications, twitter links from the streamers, etc)?

If 90% of new Twitch users reach Twitch over Google, 30% of one week old users and only 5% of one month old users, then a flat graph could actually indicate growth.

Re: Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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Watching people play video games is something I still don't understand.

I never would have imagined it would be entertaining either. Until I ran into this speedrun of Yoshi's Island randomly, it was one of the most entertaining and fascinating things I ever watched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFzYWRTPBSc

Re: Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also worth noting that all the gaming console users have Twitch integrated and won't be going to Google to find it

The graph is relative. The idea is that Twitch viewership is correlated with Google searches - not that Google search is responsible for all Twitch traffic.

and I'm telling you why the correlation could decouple making your data point meaningless

Re: Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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Game developers don't have any option except to restrict public display of their games in some way. There are now plenty of people who enjoy watching but not playing games. Game developers need revenue for this firstly because they deserve it, having made the entertainment, but secondly because former players are now just watchers and not paying money, reducing revenue. My guess is that games developers will permit p…

I think it's funny that people downvote because they don't like what they read even if its true. Put yourself in the shoes of the game developer who puts everything on the line to develop a game that thousands of people watch but the developer gets no revenue for.

Thousands of people hear about the game and that it is pretty okay -> Steam sale/Humble Bundle -> People think they are getting a deal -> PROFIT!

Re: Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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Steam(Valve) could be next on Amazon's list. Desktop application: Add - amazon shopping - streaming - viewing - social ...

Why should they sell it to Amazon? Valve is very profitable as it is.

Seriously, they effectively own a money-printing machine. They ARE PC gaming.

Re: Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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Steam(Valve) could be next on Amazon's list. Desktop application: Add - amazon shopping - streaming - viewing - social ...

Why should they sell it to Amazon? Valve is very profitable as it is.

Also: Valve is privately owned and the owner (it may just be Gabe) is not likely to sell.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/177395/Newell_Valve_would...

Re: Twitch could be a $20B company within Amazon

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Maybe the most useful interview I've ever done on Mixergy is with Twitch's cofounder about how he founded the company. Do yourself a favor and get the transcript. He's super-methodical. https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Bcu32XwL4S0BHB2fybaqRRQ...

That's awesome. You should consider posting it as a .epub or .mobi file!
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