Google buys Twitch!

[Wesley219]

I not sure how I feel about this!

http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/googles-1b-purchase-of-twitch-confirmed-joins-youtube-for-new-video-empire/

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/24/google-buys-livestreaming-service-twitch

http://www.webpronews.com/google-said-to-be-close-to-buying-twitch-for-1-billion-2014-07

http://www.destructoid.com/google-buys-twitch-for-a-billion-bucks-278598.phtml

[Shd0w2]

WHAT?! I wanted steam to buy twitch, so gaben could livestream himself.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Could really do with some fleshing out. 

 

Also, 99% sure this has already been posted.

[FizzyFantom]

What don't they own now? I really hope Google doesn't turn evil now...

[Wesley219]

sorry if this has been posted yet! I just got mad that google bought twitch!

[Rashy]

New Video Empire... Last thing i need is google making an tech store. hot damn the tyranny of king Goolge continues, what will it buy next? We dont know! STAY TUNED NEXT AT: Google Buy Shit They Dont Need-And-Possibly-Will-Throw-It-Away-When-It-Doesnt-Work-Out Show!!

[Quest]

Ugh, people jump to conclusions way too quickly.

Guys. Who owns YouTube? Oh, Google? Google does some bad things, yeah? Uh-huh. Seems like that's the consensu-oh! You have something to say there? Oh, Google has money? And a shit ton of storage, web capacity, influence, and years in media streaming? Sounds pretty nice! Wait, they're also a major contributor in the fight for the internet freedom? Hm. Doesn't sound shabby.

Yes, Google is going to fuck up somewhere along the line. They always do. But they are a huge company; It is NOT the SAME PERSON making shitty, not-well-taken decisions every time. But I personally think the acquisition of Twitch by Google both isn't going to change much, and is going to make it grow. As a streamer and content creator myself, I'm actually kind of glad that Google is probably going to implement AdSense into Twitch streaming, since right now, three different incomes from website/youtube/twitch, and then income from video and audio editing, it's hard and annoying to keep track of it all. Especially with how volatile the incomes are.

The only thing I hope they don't take away is the right to take donations from viewers. I donate often myself, because I know that ads aren't always cutting it for some streamers, and I personally don't like bombarding viewers with ads to make my way through a month; So those wealthy viewers, give 'em a money sink.

[PokémonTrainerFour]

Oh, you guys are just mad because "omg now I need google plus"

Suck it up and make an account you don't have to touch.

[Skylercompany]

I hope Twitch doesn't lose value after this deal.

 

At least Google doesn't drain the visitors as bad as Yahoo! does when it comes to deals.

 

I think Google has big plans to introduce some cutting edge features, but let's wait and see.

 

Maybe this will revolutionize what we know about live streams, just make sure we don't need to use our Google account to login.

[dyent10]

re-re-re-re-repost!!!

[Wesley219]

I found more articles and posted the link  at the top.

[Pervy]

The thing I'm afraid of if adsense meets twitch, is the content ID system being implemented on twitch. Meaning people would get flagged left and right for copyrighted material.