While video games are, by far, the biggest video niche on YouTube, Twitch is still the most popular place to watch video game streaming. It’s clear that Google is turning up the heat on Amazon’s Twitch with its Stadia-YouTube integrations. Either way, YouTube’s gaming creators are about to become much more influential. But, again, depending on how it works, we can see developers partnering up with specific streamers to create these video walkthroughs, or perhaps streamers will attempt to game whatever algorithm Google creates to deliver these videos. The details on exactly how Google will determine which video to show aren’t yet known. Google Assistant will automatically detect where the player is in the game and serve up the most relevant YouTube video to help out. According to Google, Stadia users will be able to ask Google Assistant for help during a particularly difficult point during a video game. Stadia integration with Google Assistant will also have far-reaching effects on YouTube. Successful creators usually follow stringent streaming schedules to keep their fans happy, so it’s not hard to imagine a future where it becomes the norm to have Crowd Play time distinctly carved out. Interaction with viewers is such an integral part of livestreaming, so creators could take to this feature very quickly depending on the genre of games they play.
For example, a feature called Crowd Play will allow fans of a YouTube streamer to jump right into a game and play with the creator they were just watching. With such deep YouTube integrations, it’s very possible that Stadia changes the gaming culture there. Google's grand entry into gaming turns Chrome into your console Developers already promote games via popular streamers Stadia could carry that to the next level. While we don’t yet know if users will have to purchase each game a la carte or subscribe to an open library with Stadia, which games get the most play will almost certainly depend on who's streaming them.
YouTube users watching a gaming stream will be able to launch right into playing the very game they were viewing thanks to a button which will be embedded on Stadia-based livestreams.
Cloud gaming services existed long before Google’s gaming platform, but they didn’t have the help of a massively popular video platform - nor did they exist at a time when internet speeds could handle video game streaming. With the Stadia announcement, Google revealed heavy YouTube integrations with the gaming platform. The tech behemoth stepping into the fairly new cloud gaming ring is certainly a big deal, but the effects it will have on YouTube’s ecosystem may be just as big. On Tuesday, Google unveiled its new video game streaming platform, Google Stadia.
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