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Twitch "isn't profitable" admits CEO, in wake of recent layoffs (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] stevedidWHAT 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh please they couldn’t fucking handle moderation I don’t trust them to handle fucking money either.

Let it rot

[–] hansl 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What’s your alternative? YouTube?

[–] legion02 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kinda? Though they need a better discovery page for live streams.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe we don't actually need 10 hours of video game playing and bikini wearing at a time. Maybe that's not a good product.

[–] legion02 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Clearly people want it. Who are you to say what's a good product?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The average^^@ user watches Twitch from 4pm to 5.30pm twice a week. There is absolutely a delta between what is required to be a profitable service, what is quality entertainment and what the service is and does currently.

^^@ this isn't literal, but illustrative

[–] legion02 6 points 9 months ago

No idea how you can come to any of these conclusions given that viewer numbers are publicly visible. If this were true the streamers wouldn't be live as much as they are outside these hours.

[–] Dasnap 7 points 10 months ago

Justin.tv 2.

[–] Carighan 3 points 10 months ago

I'll be honest, if the solution is Twitch, then I don't need my problem solved. That is, compared to Twitch, I don't need an alternative. Not having Twitch is a solid improvement over having Twitch. (kidding of course, but all too often it feels like that with just how bad the technical aspects of their site are)