Right? I was thinking it would at least last until the launch of next gen consoles. This is a big L
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Microsoft sells Mixer to Facebook, partnering with Facebook Gaming for streaming
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Facebook is their only other option if they're not willing to go it alone.
Youtube hands power over to Google.
Twitch hands power over to Amazon.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Youtube hands power over to Google.
Twitch hands power over to Amazon.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I can understand shutting down Mixer, but partnering with Facebook?
Maybe ten years ago, but Facebook of 2020?
Maybe ten years ago, but Facebook of 2020?
not who you quoted, but no. I don't use either because of Zuckerberg.
Weren't a bunch of people banned on here yesterday in that Milan Lee thread for "platform warring"? Do their bans get lifted since the platform wasn't planning to exist anyway?
And they did inform in advance. Just not much in advance. To say they were not informed is a total lie. They literally say they found out just before you. Makes it sound like one of those merciless firings where people find out they've no longer got a job because the door is locked. Just a case of I guess of informing staff then informing media very quickly as the media would get a hold anyway so might as well tell them yourself in your own words what is happening.
Can't say I'm surprised to see it shut down. I almost never hear anything about it. Doesn't seem to gain any relevance no matter how much money they throw into it.
I seriously doubt there will be any type of forced integration with Facebook. I reckon this deal was just to save face (not that it did) and MS will try to forget Mixer ever happened and leave Facebook to pour money into it. Basically the mixer app on Xbox will be the Facebook gaming app.
It really wasn't though. Mixer was a textbook failure:
And now there are 3.
Microsoft realized they were keeping a braindead patient on life support and wisely chose to end it's suffering. As much as it sucks that streaming is controlled by an even smaller handful of big tech companies I don't think the demand for a ton of gaming focused streaming services exists.
I think this is about the future cloud gaming battle, where Amazon, Google and Microsoft are looking to provide their own cloud gaming services where people can click through and instantly play the games they're watching others stream. Amazon is apparently working on their own cloud gaming service to integrate with Twitch, Google is integrating Stadia with YouTube, so Xcloud is going with the only other real player, Facebook.
I wonder how much of the contract was up front and if they have to continue streaming of facebook to cash in the rest. As much as it would be nice to go back to twitch guaranteed money is really big for these guys and far less stressful.
not sure how legit this is but if it's true GG to those guys.
I've said it before , as big as streaming seems to be I don't think people care enough for there to be multiple platforms . With Amazon integration, game integration with drops and things like borderlands echo cast I can't see people going anywhere else to watch streams
Honestly Facebook should just create a company with a new name that would include all their stuff separately. Like how Google created Alphabet. The name Facebook just makes people hate it, myself included.
They could have given the employees a bigger heads up and NOT partner up with a neonazi platform.
So if streamers had to choose other than Facebook gaming, is Twitch the better option for more continuous dough?? Or youtube gaming?? Just wondering. Also hope MS gives us other options for streaming on Xbox Series X. I was planning on gwtting one at launch, but if they don't clear up this on Xbox launch then might hold off getting the console
Wow who would have thunk just buying big streamers from other sites isn't enough since 99% of people aren't willing to transfer streaming sites just to watch 1 or 2 streamers.
Must have been a fucking massive meeting if it cause them to drop Mixer like that.
This is the right move. Facebook fucking sucks, but it's doing far better than Mixer ever would
seems like a lot of people here don't know lol.
i personally wouldn't use it, but as a business move it makes sense for MS. Truth be told they should of just let streaming up to twitch and youtube.
This. Only other option would've been partnering with Valve on this. They have streaming built into Steam.
Excuse me for paying attention to the smoke and mirrors. I was aware they were being outclassed (even if I didn't know it was to this magnitude of a landslide) but it was always interesting to me the communities that were fostered on that platform. I thought it was a sign of potential. Mistakenly so, but the latter point of my post I do stand by, employees put a lot of work into Mixer.
hey, you misspelled M$, FFS!
Anyways, Ninja and Shroud made it. Best deal they ever made.