In the post made by Elon Musk last week, it was announced that the live broadcast feature would come to X (Twitter). Twitter, which will rival Twitch with its live broadcast gaming feature, is expected to be a popular destination for game lovers. Musk, who is the richest person in the world and also the owner of X, opened the first game live broadcast on the famous social media platform. Elon Musk He became the first person to play.
Elon Musk X also played a game on live broadcast, discussions began!
Elon Musk, who bought Twitter last year and subsequently changed its name to X, continues to add new features to the platform. In this context, Musk’s move, which brought the feature of live broadcasting to X and sharing games on live broadcasts, also brought support and criticism.
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Some people claimed that X would grow even larger with different features and become a more active platform. However, there are also those who claim that the characteristics of X that have existed for years will change and be disrupted with new features. You can witness the moments when Elon Musk, who was also the first person to broadcast a game on his own platform, played Diablo IV live here:
X Engineer Mark Kalman Shared a Video Showing Users How to Do It
Following the live broadcast in which Elon Musk played Diablo IV for 54 minutes, Mark Kalman, an engineer at X, shared a video showing how to make a live broadcast by connecting the OBS software to Twitter accounts.
Elon Musk Playing Games Live on X is Competing with Twitch
With the new live broadcast feature coming to Twitter, the platform owned by Elon Musk seems to be a rival to Twitch. As known Twitch e-sports and video game As a focused live broadcast platform, it has been continuing its activities with increasing popularity since 2011.
owned by Amazon It is certain that Elon Musk, who decided to enter Twitch’s domain, will cause a new competition between social media platforms with this move. Elon Musk is expected to bring X to an important point in the field of game publishing in a short time, using his personal popularity.
Finally, Twitch’s introduction of new rules for broadcasters who make money from branded content pushed the publishers in question to new searches. Now publishers Alongside YouTube Gaming and Facebook Live option will also be available.
Live Shopping Feature is Coming to X!
Live game broadcasting is not the only new feature that Elon Musk will bring to Twitter. Live streaming shopping feature will also be added to X. Thus, X will begin to make its presence felt in the e-commerce industry. Twitter announced another feature where users can shop and chat with other users while watching the live broadcast with the following video: