Today, you nearly do everything through the use of technology and the internet. Have a look at the phones you and your friends use, and you will notice how life has changed. For instance, everyone loves gaming either on the phone or physically, especially now when many are under lockdown. Companies owning gaming platforms have recently seen a hike in the number of game downloads and views.
Due to the increase in demand, companies are coming up with new game apps for you. An excellent example is Facebook, launched a dedicated app for people to watch and create live gameplay. The brilliant move lines Facebook against likes of Google’s YouTube, Microsoft’s Mixer, as well as Amazon Twitch. As people are in their houses due to the Coronavirus, Facebook is speculating about gaining traction.
Facebook big and brilliant push
During this trying time of the Coronavirus, many are at home, and that yields a massive boom in-game demand. As a result, Facebook is making a big push into gaming. On Monday, the social media giant launched a mobile app by the name Facebook Gaming Worldwide. Here, people are capable of creating and watching live gameplay. The New York Times reported the news first and confirmed later by CNBC.
The application is now available for testing. According to reports, assessment started eighteen months ago in Southeast Asia and Latin America. The newly launched app gives similar experiences like the Gaming tab on the Facebook website. Users can broadcast themselves or stream live games instead.
Besides, the Facebook app features a live function, for Smartphone users to live stream games. With this feature, you do not need a third party software or hardware like you have to do with Twitch. It is incredible. On this platform, there is no need to broadcasting yourself while playing games.
The efficiency of this gaming application
Usually, when playing online games, you experience a lot of ads running on your screen. Now, this does not happen with Facebook Gaming worldwide. With this app, you will experience less ads and limited monetization. Additionally, you can earn money with so-called “stars.”
The company is also promising to explore more monetization alternatives over time. Do not hold back as you quarantine as the application is now available on the Google Play store. You can also get an iOS version that works perfectly for later dates.
Conclusion
With live video games, Facebook lags behind YouTube and Twitch. During the first three months this year, Twitch game streaming hiked to almost 3.1 billion hours of view time. YouTube is the runners’ up with nearly 1.1 billion hours of view time. The Facebook platform comes last with 554 hours of view time. The analysis goes hand to hand with research by Stream Hatchet as well as Stream labs.
Facebook speculates a significant change in the situation, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic and government lockdowns. The company says more than seven million users are now interacting with the gaming content in the Facebook app.
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