Även om Youtube försöker utmana är Twitch fortfarande den största plattformen för att kika på när andra spelar och snart kommer du också att kunna köpa spel där, direkt via kanalen du kikar på.

En del av försäljningen (som standard 5 %) av försäljningen går till kanalen du köpte spelet via och inför lanseringen har Twitch slutit avtal med namnkunniga partners såsom Ubisoft, Telltale Games, Double Fine, Devolver Digital och svenska Paradox Interactive.

Spelen kommer att köras via en egen programvara kallad Twitch launcher (även Uplay nämns) och de svarar på en rad inledande frågor i en FAQ på deras sajt. Vi har försökt få svar kring om Steam är helt uteslutet.

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Burning Questions

Q. When is this launching?

A. Sometime in the spring of 2017. That’s, um, soon!

Q. What is the rev share to partnered streamers?

A. The standard agreement with partnered streamers is 5% of the revenue generated from the sale of games and in-game items that are purchased from their channel page.

Q. I’m a partnered streamer. How do I opt in to receive revenue from this program?

A. You can find instructions in this help article.

Q. What regions is game purchase available in?

A. Purchase is available worldwide and payments are made using an Amazon account. At launch, all pricing is in US dollars. We’ll add support for more currencies in the coming months.

Q. How do I download games I get on Twitch?

A. Games purchased on Twitch can be downloaded and played via the Twitch launcher, or through existing services like Uplay.

Q. How many/which games will be available at launch?

A. We’ll be talking more about the games in the next few weeks. We can say we’re proud to have the following game creators as launch partners: Ubisoft, Telltale Games, Digital Extremes, Hi Rez Studios, Double Fine Games, Fred Wood, 11Bit, Jackbox Games, tinyBuild, Raw Fury, Devolver Digital, Gambitious, Trion Worlds, Blue Mammoth Games, iNK Stories, Versus Evil, Proletariat, Paradox Interactive, Vlambeer and Campo Santo

Q. If I’m a non partnered streamer, can viewers buy games from my channel page?

A. An offer to buy a game or in game content will appear on all streamer channel pages when a game is being played that is offered for sale by Twitch. Only partnered streamers will be eligible to earn revenue through this program.