YouTube or Twitch?

in youtube •  8 years ago 

In recent years, with the launch of simplified tools for internet image transmission, streaming gameplays it has become a common practice in the network. If you are wanting to start taking advantage of this wave, it's time to find out which platform is best to convey your gambling: YouTube and Twitch.

Twitch: advantages and disadvantages

One of the sites with the highest traffic of Internet data, the Twitch came from another streaming service, Justin.Tv, being born focused on gameplays transmission network.

The site itself suggests several applications that help deliver the streams which are already prepared for easy configuration and start transmission.

With the release of new consoles from Sony and Microsoft, a partnership was created between the companies for integration between Twitch and PS4 and Xbox One was made. Thus, with only one button, you can perform the streaming of your game for your account in the service.

This feature allows anyone, even those who have no knowledge to prepare a streaming on your computer, can perform transmission to the internet. If you want to perform the transmission of previous consoles such as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, you need to have a capture card to connect video games on a PC, and only then send the video to the site.

Another advantage of Twitch is the strong sense of community found on the site. Every day, you can find players that please you also looking for specific games. This function allows more people come to your streaming only based on the game that you are transmitting.

In theory, this would help the players (like you) create a public and can even capitalize on their streams. The Twitch of the problem is that if you focus your efforts only on it, is unlikely to have featured on the site, unless it is a streamer already known.

This ends up making you become just one of thousands of other players. Another problematic element of Twitch is not having a good storage scheme transmissions made on the site.

After making your streaming, you can keep a few minutes of your gameplay, and can edit them through a site's own editor. The problem is that this system is not as reliable, see that it is not guaranteed that your fact gambling is stored, either by a simple user error or the site it self.


YouTube: advantages and disadvantages: 

As the largest site of Internet videos, YouTube released a few years ago the possibility of its members perform live broadcasts. These broadcasts, after finished, is stored on the site.

For the use of gameplays, unlike Twitch, you need to use applications to configure transmissions. Another element that, to date, there is the integration of streams with consoles like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.


To pass the gameplay of any console, is the current generation or earlier, you must have a capture card and programs with the OBS or XSplit to send the data to the site.

YouTube's advantage in having Google tools to monetize their gameplays, and the ease of a large number of people to follow your videos, perhaps with the usual site.

Recently, Google announced that soon should further invest in tools, layouts and other facilities so that more and more people realize streaming games through YouTube.

At the moment, it is not known exactly what are these functions, but it is possible to believe that YouTube will fill any gaps left by Twitch and become the largest streaming platform games the internet.


The decision is all yours

In the end, the decision on which platform is the ideal will even what you want to do. The Twitch is known as the home of several gamers who were famous broadcasting their gameplays the Internet.

in return, YouTube is the largest video site network and, although still crawling on the issue of live broadcasts, aims to soon invest heavily in gameplays.

At the time, many people use the Twitch as a live platform, while using YouTube to showcase their best moments or edited videos. It is valid you test both the sites and see which one brings you more benefits for your drive style.

The chance of you turn into a successful streamer can come through Twitch or YouTube. The ideal tool is still the content you produce.

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I think we need a brand new Streaming Service medium that uses STEEM to not only pay the content creators but also the users that actively tune in or subscribe during stream sessions. Such a platform would rival Twitch and YouTube streaming services.

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