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Valve launches Steam.tv, a possible competitor to Twitch

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  1. [2]
    pipsy
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    So far it's only streaming Dota 2 tournaments, and doesn't allow anyone to actually stream to it like Twitch. But one can assume it'll eventually arrive.

    So far it's only streaming Dota 2 tournaments, and doesn't allow anyone to actually stream to it like Twitch. But one can assume it'll eventually arrive.

    4 votes
    1. otto
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      Well, you can already stream via Steam, although it's just for friends. Anyways, I think twitch is too popular to get people to move to a different service. I'm not really happy with how twitch is...

      Well, you can already stream via Steam, although it's just for friends.

      Anyways, I think twitch is too popular to get people to move to a different service. I'm not really happy with how twitch is run, but I also don't trust valve to do much better. :^)

      4 votes
  2. [3]
    Tenlock
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    I don't game as much anymore but I'm hopeful. Twitch has seriously gone down the drain and needs some real competition to keep it in check. I'm sad that Beam and Hitbox never quite took off, and...

    I don't game as much anymore but I'm hopeful. Twitch has seriously gone down the drain and needs some real competition to keep it in check. I'm sad that Beam and Hitbox never quite took off, and YouTube Gaming is a pain to use.

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      thisonemakesyouthink
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      Has it? I haven't had any problems with it, but I'm a new user so maybe I just haven't had the chance to notice the changes. Seems okay to me, hell they even give away free games with amazon...

      Has it? I haven't had any problems with it, but I'm a new user so maybe I just haven't had the chance to notice the changes. Seems okay to me, hell they even give away free games with amazon prime. Their game launcher leaves something to be desired though...

      1. Fin
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        Yes absolutely. They ditched justin.tv for the very "streams" they allow now. Yeah the amazon prime thing is cool but them allowing IRL and just basically whatever, which what have been banned...

        Yes absolutely. They ditched justin.tv for the very "streams" they allow now. Yeah the amazon prime thing is cool but them allowing IRL and just basically whatever, which what have been banned years ago. If you go on r/livestreamfails it is the epitome of drama and it just ratchets it up.

        3 votes