Saved State Heros Podcast

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  • Amazon is considering making some changes to its Twitch tiers and their payout to streamers
  • With some models not having changed in almost 10 years, pay cuts could be reduced by as much as 20% at the top tier
  • Possibly the biggest change to come with these considerations is.. Ads!! Yes, who’s surprised?? Ads everywhere!
  • It’s been noted that creators who stream for at least 40 hours a month can receive up to $100 just by running 2 mins/hr of ads. This amount obviously goes up with ad minutes. However, this new proposal would introduce a revenue sharing “arrangement” which would be more “lucrative” for streamers.
  • A final interesting note to these changes is that Twitch would consider releasing anyone from their exclusivity deals, who may be a part of one.
  • A Dead Hard in the right direction

    • Behavior Interactive has officially announced that David King is their first gay character in DBD
    • In a tweet today Behavior acknowledged the lack of LGBTQIA2+ from the character roster and have been working to change that
    • Behavior has been working closely with the GaymerX organization, whose expertise is in integrating LGBTQIA2+ themes into video games
    • David is was released in the Lullaby for the Dark chapter in July of 2017 and is one of DBD’s 10 most popular characters
    • There’s room in the clouds

      • More than 10 million people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call
      • It is however currently unclear as what Microsoft is defining as a streamed game (current subscribers, streamed game time, ect)
      • As a side note you can subscribe for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just a dollar and then cancel so as stated it’s still unclear if people who did that are counted in the numbers
      • The cloud gaming feature is available on the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier for 14.99 a month
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