He ended up playing this game for 3 whole days straight before banning himself from it due to it distracting him from his goal. By November 1998 Nasubi became the first to livestream a video game after winning a PlayStation along with his TV and the video game. (Denpa Shonen Sweepstakes Life) The goal of the game was to win ¥1 million ($6894.50) in sweepstake prizes all whilst being naked and he could only use stuff he won for food, clothing, and entertainment.
Tomoaki Hamatsu (浜津 智明) also known as Nasubi (なすび, " Eggplant") is credited as the first video game live streamer due to the fact that he won a PlayStation, a TV, and the video game Densha de Go! all through Magazine Sweepstakes during the game show Denpa Shōnen teki Kenshō Seikatsu. Additionally, the low bar of entry in terms of technology and audience allows for a wide variety of streamers and games to be broadcast. Live streaming offers the allure of transforming a hobby of playing a video game into a full career of streaming, but brings with it the risks associated with this added renown, whether they be inside the video game, like stream sniping, or in real life, like stalking and swatting. Esports have also gained significant traction and attention from the accessibility of live streaming, and streaming has even been used as a method to raise awareness of social issues and money for charity. Independent titles such as Fall Guys, Rocket League, and Among Us are examples of games that have experienced a huge increase in player base as a result of streaming. Professional streamers often combine high-level play and entertaining commentary, and earn income from sponsors, subscriptions, ad revenue, and donations.īoth AAA and indie developers have circumvented rising development costs by utilizing the free advertising live streaming provides.
By 2014, Twitch streams had more traffic than HBO's online streaming service, HBO Go. The practice became popular in the mid-2010s on the US-based site Twitch, before growing to YouTube, Facebook, China-based sites Huya Live, DouYu, and Bilibili, and other services.
The live streaming of video games is an activity where people broadcast themselves playing games to a live audience online. ( June 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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