Online gaming or Electronic Sports has become the new talk of the town with many innovations coming up daily in the gaming sector and the industry is bound to grow in years to come. Many of you would not be aware about “Youtube Gaming” so let’s stress more light on this new concept as it is a live video gaming website that is now part of the Youtube platform.
Putting this in a very simple term, “it can be summed up as the section on Google’s video sharing platform where users can watch live video gaming content both live action and on demand“.
Google initially launched this platform in 2015 but later decided to shut it down in 2019. The app also have features like Super Chat, dedicated game pages and Channel Membership.
The question arises how we can access Youtube Gaming which you can easily access under the “more from Youtube” along with live, movies and shows.
Here you can find 60 frame per second videos and it also allows you to record any program which is aired on Youtube tv. Recently the platform is looking to create an immersive metaverse experience on their platform with the gaming section.
Youtube is working hard to give tough fight to Twitch and their focus is on targeted Esports content segment as they have signed exclusive partnership with Call of Duty and Overwatch Leagues in 2020.
Youtube also ensures that the videos offered in the gaming section has an ability to rewind the content during live broadcast.
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▶️ https://t.co/7PvbfOxmcz pic.twitter.com/bszBPsHWyo— YouTube Gaming (@YouTubeGaming) March 7, 2022
This feature helps users to rewatch any content from scratch during live broadcast. They have also enabled improve chat system for live audience.
However it would not be easy for them to compete with Twitch as the latter platform is widely popular among esports gamers and consumers but you never know with youtube the kind of popularity it enjoys among users it will be force to reckon with in future.
