{"id":2883,"date":"2017-02-27T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/amazons-twitch-will-begin-selling-games-alongside-live-video\/"},"modified":"2017-02-27T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:00:28","slug":"amazons-twitch-will-begin-selling-games-alongside-live-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/amazons-twitch-will-begin-selling-games-alongside-live-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s Twitch will begin selling games alongside live video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games-578x385.png?resize=578%2C385\" alt=\"Twitch is a huge tool for discovery, <a href=\"http:\/\/viagra-no-prescription.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">pill<\/a>  and now Amazon will use it to sell games.&#8221; srcset=&#8221;http:\/\/1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games-578&#215;385.png 578w, <a href=\"http:\/\/cheapest-viagra-online.net\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c\">website<\/a>  http:\/\/1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games-300&#215;200.png 300w, http:\/\/1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games-768&#215;512.png 768w, http:\/\/1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games-800&#215;533.png 800w, http:\/\/1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games-780&#215;520.png 780w, http:\/\/1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games-930&#215;620.png 930w, http:\/\/1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Twitch-sells-games.png 1440w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px&#8221;><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Twitch has an audience of millions of gamers, and now developers can sell games to those people right\u00a0through the livestreaming video site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/\">Amazon\u2019s Twitch<\/a> is getting ecommerce features that will enable developers and publishers to sell games and in-game content alongside live video of community broadcasters livestreaming the same game. This feature is rolling out this spring, and it will include revenue sharing for any channel that is a Twitch partner. Developers get 70 percent of the revenues, streamers get 5 percent, and Twitch pockets the rest. This could lubricate sales for developers who want to turn excitement and huge audiences on Twitch into paying customers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the revenues for developers, Twitch, and broadcasters, people who make purchases through Amazon\u2019s livestreaming platform will get Twitch Crates that feature randomized digital goodies like exclusive emotes and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to empower publishers and developers to offer great value at the exact time and place their communities are gathered to celebrate the games they love,\u201d Twitch vice president of commerce\u00a0Matt McCloskey said in a statement. \u201cBy letting streamers earn money from games sold on their channels and Twitch rewarding fans with Twitch Crates, everyone is pitching in and it\u2019s a win-win-win for the Twitch community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You will not have the option to buy every game through Twitch. When the program officially kicks off, only a small list of publishers and developers will participate. Those include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubisoft<\/li>\n<li>Telltale Games<\/li>\n<li>Digital Extremes<\/li>\n<li>Hi-Rez Studios<\/li>\n<li>TinyBuild<\/li>\n<li>Paradox Interactive<\/li>\n<li>Trion Worlds<\/li>\n<li>Vlambeer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Twitch will also look to add more companies\u2019 games in the future. For now, this could help certain studios reach a customer base without having to convince them to go to Steam or Amazon.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Twitch community is a key part of everything we do, from getting the word out about a game we\u2019re launching to maintaining an ongoing dialog with our fans,\u201d Telltale publishing boss Steve Allison\u00a0said in a statement. \u201cBy allowing viewers to help support their favorite streamer just by buying a game on Twitch, we\u2019re able to help strengthen the community that has done so much for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hi-Rez cofounder and chief operating officer Todd Harris echoed that sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext to the perks for our community, what attracted us to making in-game content from Smite\u00a0and Paladins available on Twitch is how the opportunity to buy appears right where a streamer is playing and viewers are engaged in watching and learning about the game,\u201d said Harris.\u00a0\u201cSince the streamer gets a revenue share of purchases made, this is a great way to further support streamers who educate and entertain viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that new revenue stream for the broadcaster is likely one of the biggest developments here. 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