It's Friday night and noone is streaming ESO.

OrphanHelgen · April 2016

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Who cares, why not log in and play yourself?

I don't understand the fascination with watching others play video games

I have a friend thats in hospital alot due to some operations and he like to watch streams.
I personal watch streams sometimes while eating or before I go to sleep when Im too tired to play myself and just want to watch instead. Someone just likes to have a streamer in the background on another monitor or something, while playing themself.
I also go and watch streams of games Im wondering if worth trying out.

WillhelmBlack · April 2016

OrphanHelgen wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Who cares, why not log in and play yourself?

I don't understand the fascination with watching others play video games

I have a friend thats in hospital alot due to some operations and he like to watch streams.
I personal watch streams sometimes while eating or before I go to sleep when Im too tired to play myself and just want to watch instead. Someone just likes to have a streamer in the background on another monitor or something, while playing themself.
I also go and watch streams of games Im wondering if worth trying out.

Yep, it's also fantastic promo.

Surragard · April 2016

Outside of the first month after launch, ESO was never popular on Twitch. There are a few good streamers that still stream but most have moved on to other games. I haven't used the Steam broadcasts or YouTube live streams so I don't know what the deal is there. I would recommend hitting YouTube for pre-recorded videos.

vyrusb23 · April 2016

I don't get it. Watching somebody else play video games. What is the lure?

vyndral13preub18_ESO · April 2016

I think it is sort of fun. i just go to twitch to see how many games i have never heard of have more people playing it.

Hallothiel · April 2016

People may not have been streaming but I have never see more people actually in the game (PS4EU). Sooo crowded in places it was getting ridiculous.

Praeficere · April 2016

A huge number of people watch a game stream to aid their decision on their purchase/resub.

ESO being full of boring streams with 10-30 viewers and people on their consoles just streaming their gameplay for no reason, doesn't give a good impression on the game.

People complain about the "PvP Steamers" a lot, but when they aren't streaming, to an outsider ESO appears a dead and dull game.

Hugely popular games such as League of Legends grew massively because of Twitch.

We do need streamers, if we want to aid this game's popularity. Even if you dislike the concept of streaming itself, a good, entertaining and informative streaming community is an important part of a game's health.

Which, even if you dislike Sypher/Fengrush and some of the smaller streamers, you can't deny their impact on the game and they need our support.

The same is said for Youtube, we lack proper content creators and good videos have often, low views compared to other MMOs. Those we do have need greater support from the wider community, and we need to encourage people willing to create content.

lathbury · April 2016

maybe watch these randoms you might find one you like

WillhelmBlack · April 2016

lathbury wrote: »

maybe watch these randoms you might find one you like

I'll usually give them a try but they are mostly people just streaming their gameplay for no reason. They aren't quality streams/broadcasts, as someone just said above.

failkiwib16_ESO · April 2016

FENGRUSH wrote: »

Havent made a penny from my videos on youtube.

Thanks for the comments bro.

@FENGRUSH well in that case I would like to apologize for assuming things. And I'm sorry you didn't earn anything from it too

@Praeficere I don't know how League of Legends run, but ESO already have an established fanbase due to being a TES game. The problem with the most popular streamers being pvp players is, that they only represent a minority within the community in ESO ....and on top of that pvp is the #1 part of ESO in being laggy, buggy and full of exploits.

People watching these streams might get an extremely limited impression of this game, it's content and community.

Shader_Shibes · April 2016

FENGRUSH wrote: »

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Kalante wrote: »

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Who cares, why not log in and play yourself?

I don't understand the fascination with watching others play video games

It's not about wanting to watch someone. It's an indication of how this game is doing. If there is less than 500 viewers overall in a Friday night, then i can pretty much say that this game is on a decline. I remember when there was easily over 1000 viewers every single night last year and 600 this year till fengrush stopped constantly streaming eso a month ago. But hey what do i know the developers are the smart ones. Player retention is "top notch". Now we can't even get 300 on a friday night. People on twitch will see eso with only 260 viewers right now and will assume that this game is dead. Any person with half a brain can obviously see that this is not a good sign for eso's advertisement and player wise.

For your information, about a month ago that guy made a QQ-goodbye-ESO video and quit playing the game, the fact that he still makes videos about ESO for profit while having quit the game is actually pretty amazing haha

About caring for twitch viewers in regard to the game's well being:
The popular ESO twitch streamers that earn money on ESO streaming are all pvp players.

ESO is in TES universe with a huge established fanbase already of players used to play pve and sigleplayer games, roleplayers and lore addicts.

Havent made a penny from my videos on youtube.

Thanks for the comments bro.

But you must of made some from twitch donations, amirite?

mistermutiny89 · April 2016

Most of the top pvp streamers prefer stamina classes... Since ZoS didn't have the brains to make a vicious death set for stamina poison damage along side the magicka fire damage set they've moved on. Well that along with the lag and lack of pvp content.

Surragard · April 2016

vyrusb23 wrote: »

I don't get it. Watching somebody else play video games. What is the lure?

No idea but I genuinely enjoy it. I do admit that it sounds strange when I explain it to someone but I enjoy watching how someone else plays the game. It's also part of my decision making process before I buy a new game.