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Twitch CEO Emmett Shear told the Associated Press this morning that live streaming is finally on the way, and will debut on March 11 alongside Titanfall.

"It's complete integration," Shear says. "It's exciting because we've never had the ability to broadcast from a console like this with such a deep level of integration. The concept of being able to join a broadcasters' party is really cool, and it's another step in the direction of interacting more closely with broadcasters."

Notably, Twitch live streaming has been part of the PlayStation 4 since the Sony console's launch. However, the PS4's Twitch app was created by Sony with Twitch's help, and doesn't allow users to connect to other broadcasters' parties.

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Kappa confirmed.

Twitch blog post

Video

 

[Papytendo]

I guess spelling isn't your niche if you write Titch.

 

[Ade]

Crikey, this pre Titanfall update is going to be massive.

 

[blamite]

I guess spelling isn't your niche.

To be fair, my w key is pretty busted. Also I fixed it

 

[mrklaw]

how is it more integrated than the PS4 version? By parties they mean you can join a normal xbox live party so can audio chat with the broadcaster? But I thought that was limited to how many people can join, and generally sounds like a bad idea waiting to happen.

 

[jabuseika]

Awww that fake chat, so cute.

 

[Pavillion]

I too enjoy forza while dancing. Smart viewer.

and that's great that its finally here

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Holy shit, Microsoft went all out for titanfalls launch.

 

[spekkeh]

Cool, so now us people in Tier 2 countries can also watch other people play it.

 

[Doombacon]

Get hype for mic spammers joining your party via twitch!

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Holy shit, Microsoft went all out for titanfalls launch.

Seems like they are betting a lot of their chips on TitanFall. Will be interesting to see how it sells.

 

[FeiRR]

how is it more integrated than the PS4 version? By parties they mean you can join a normal xbox live party so can audio chat with the broadcaster? But I thought that was limited to how many people can join, and generally sounds like a bad idea waiting to happen.

This may make the life of some popular streamers very miserable. Think about all those party chat invites flashing on screen all the time.

 

[TechnicPuppet]

Thats good news though, I like watching twitch when there are no demos.

 

[T.O.P]

Titanfall bringing dem updates


Great news!

 

[RagingAvatar]

YESSS!!!!

 

[derFeef]

Cool! Sadly my connection sucks so no streaming for me.

 

[red731]

Awww that fake chat, so cute.

This :lol
Expectations from this image - what a peaceful place for a discussion
Reality - rage, racism, shoe on head, kappa, frankerz, caps lock, ascii dicks

 

[bombshell]

Holy shit, Microsoft went all out for titanfalls launch.

So they went all out by bringing a feature PS4 has had since launch?

 

[Chobel]

Xbone owners should really thank Titanfall. MS are fixing everything for Titanfall.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Now everyone can see Titanfall.

 

[IHaveIce]

If there will be twitch faces it will be superior to ps4s streaming

 

[VE3TRO]

Finally. ;d

 

[derFeef]

So they went all out by bringing a feature PS4 has had since launch?

No, it means they are going all out to bring this stuff before/with Titanfall.

 

[John Caboose]

Wohoo! Awesome

 

[Mendax]

seems like the march update will bring many good things!

and by the way that's one good looking screenshot..

 

[Papercuts]

Right in time for Titanfall. They really are focusing like crazy on it, heh.

 

[Fried Food]

nice, gonna stream myself owning fools

oh man, theres gonna be so much drug usage on X1 twitch streams

 

[Alx]

Great, I'll start streaming Fighter Within and Lococycle. ^^
(who am I kidding, I'll be playing Titanfall anyway... no need to stream that though, since everybody will do it and nobody will be watching)

 

[-PXG-]

Finally

 

[Doffen]

Cool! Sadly my connection sucks so no streaming for me.

I'm very close to getting better connection now.
It will be epic.

 

[derFeef]

I'm very close to getting better connection now.
It will be epic.

I will try with my pity 4mbit upload, lol. 320p stream ahoy!

 

[John Caboose]

Now everyone can see Titanfall.

First

Spoiler

and probably last

"seen titanfall" post I've laughed at.

 

[gofreak]

how is it more integrated than the PS4 version? By parties they mean you can join a normal xbox live party so can audio chat with the broadcaster? But I thought that was limited to how many people can join, and generally sounds like a bad idea waiting to happen.

I thought the PS4 integration also extended to interacting with a broadcaster's game if the game implements that SDK...which seems at least as 'deep' a type of integration to me as party joining options, albeit game specific.

Maybe there's other things about the XB1 implementation too.

 

[TechnicPuppet]

So they went all out by bringing a feature PS4 has had since launch?

You sound angry, no need to turn good news into another console war.

 

[frontieruk]

Great, I'll start streaming Fighter Within and Lococycle. ^^
(who am I kidding, I'll be playing Titanfall anyway... no need to stream that though, since everybody will do it and nobody will be watching)

there I was thinking I'll sub to his channel and then realised it'll be the same as every other xbone channel

 

[Danny 117]

Is that an E3 build Forza 5 screenshot? Lol

Can't wait for the March update now, btw.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

No, it means they are going all out to bring this stuff before/with Titanfall.

Saved me the trouble of responding to that

 

[Biggzy]

Damn Microsoft, how big was that cheque you wrote for Titanfall? As an Xbox One owner, I am not complaining one bit that Microsoft are treating the launch of Titanfall as a huge deal.

 

[derFeef]

Is that an E3 build Forza 5 screenshot? Lol

2d crowd says no.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

kinect redeemed.

 

[Impeccable]

I hope they haven't rushed March's update too much to match Titanfall. If they managed to fuck that up...

Then again, that's probably why suddenly they have a beta for an update.

 

[JaggedSac]

how is it more integrated than the PS4 version? By parties they mean you can join a normal xbox live party so can audio chat with the broadcaster? But I thought that was limited to how many people can join, and generally sounds like a bad idea waiting to happen.

Most twitch streams wont have massive numbers of viewers, so it should be quite nice for most people.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Saw this coming

 

[Danny 117]

2d crowd says no.

Ah, yeah apologies.

Looks pretty good for some reason!

 

[Derpcrawler]

Cool! Sadly my connection sucks so no streaming for me.

I'm very close to getting better connection now.
It will be epic.

I will try with my pity 4mbit upload, lol. 320p stream ahoy!

Kripp streams with 3Mbps upload, 25k viewers every day. 1080p. Twitch servers are shit anyway to handle high bitrate 1080p.

 

[Hamster Plugin]

Well, that looks better than the PS4 app. It has emoticons, which is important for the true Twitch chat experience.

 

[AlucardGV]

at least it's way better than sony stream interface

 

[Daffy Duck]

how is it more integrated than the PS4 version? By parties they mean you can join a normal xbox live party so can audio chat with the broadcaster? But I thought that was limited to how many people can join, and generally sounds like a bad idea waiting to happen.

Surely the CEO of Twitch is pretty clued up on things to make that comment?

 

[herod]

the only piece missing now is a mysterious delay to the PC titanfall SKU

 

[GoofsterStud]

the only piece missing now is a mysterious delay to the PC titanfall SKU

I am honestly surprised this hasn't happened already.