How Video Game Live Streaming is Gaining Momentum

What is Live Game Streaming?

This is an advanced technique which involves streaming of live video game content through the internet for delivering unique and engaging experience.

During the forecast period of 2020-2025, the game streaming market is expected to achieve a CAGR of 9 percent. In the first quarter of 2018, according to the World Economic Forum, viewers of eSports spent 17.9 million hours by keeping an eye on Twitch or on Youtube’s gaming channel watching their favorite gaming heroes.

Although in the initial stage, the game streaming market in the future can have a strong potential to capitalize because of the increasing popularity and growing viewership.

Apart from this the streaming of mobile games is quite a recent phenomenon which can flourish exponentially in the market. For example, on Stream labs, in June 2019 there were close to 479 thousand active mobile streamers. This figure is an increase of 150 thousand active mobile streamers since June 2018.

Live Game Streaming : Revenue Models, Geographic Segmentation and Platforms

With respect to the revenue model the two most prominent ones which deserve mention are-subscription model and in-game advertising model. Now coming to platforms you can experience both app based and web based solutions. The popular app based solutions include-Steam Link, Remotr, Xbox Game Streaming, Rainway Inc etc. On the other hand, the web based services are: Facebook, Mixer, YouTube, Twitch, Dailymotion. Now talking about the geographical location you can have North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the rest of the world. Hope by now you can assess the limitless prospects of the live game streaming market and how it can impact the current generation gamers.

Prime Market Trends

Compared to other revenue models, most of the companies depend on a fixed revenue generated from monthly subscriptions. Moreover, the data and information generated via this model provides vital clues to the developers regarding the tastes and preferences of the targeted players. Youtube and Twitch are considered as the two significant platforms for live game streaming. According to news reports, in the second quarter of 2019, the live streaming hours of Twitch viewers were more than 2.72 billion hours with respect to that of the Youtube viewers with a total of more than 735.54 million hours.

To keep pace with the live streaming technologies globally, the game streaming market in India has also gone up considerably. To attract and engage the targeted gaming enthusiasts the Indian companies like us are coming up with innovative services to ensure flexibility and convenience.

How We at Red Apple are Contributing in this Regard

To facilitate screen recording and stream creation for the players across the globe we have come up with Game Rec application which is easy to use and is also highly reliable. Using this recording screen videos and live streaming the screen becomes all the more appealing. Content recording and live streaming of games and sports across popular networking sites like Youtube, Facebook and Twitch with this app is unique.

Some of its advantages are:

• Powerful video editing features
• Scree live stream to different platforms
• High quality screen recording

Live stream to Twitch, Youtube and Facebook

This is seamlessly possible by attaching the screen recording feature with the control center. Next you need to log in to your respective account, pick up the desired settings and start live streaming across your favorite channels.

Some of the unique attributes you can experience here are

• Different live tools: live pause settings, live themes, custom watermark and lots more
• Compatible for simultaneous recording of internal audio and microphone
• Supports RTMP address
• Experience direct live streaming from Replay kit-compatible games

Keeping a note of the above mentioned points you should not hesitate to consult a game streaming app development company like us to create trendsetting solutions for your gamers both avid and casual. In the process you can attract and retain them for long and repetitive playing sessions by boosting their adrenaline rush.

Conclusion : Eager to pose challenges for your competitors in today’s fast paced world? We as a game development company are here for you to deliver tailor made services to make your dreams come true by enabling you to meet the gaming aspirations of your gaming enthusiasts.