"Twitch, hold my beer!" - Elon Musk is testing the ability to host game streams on the X platform. The first test was successful
Elon Musk continues to innovate the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.
Apparently, the billionaire plans to add video game streaming to his platform.
Here's What We Know
Elon Musk announced that his team conducted a test broadcast on X of the Diablo IV game. The test was successful and users are already joking that Twitch and YouTube will soon get a serious competitor.
Tested the ???? video game streamer system last night. It works!
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 2, 2023
Will try to complete a Tier 100 Nightmare dungeon tonight live on this platform.
pic.twitter.com/QxF0OtVqXu
Musk also reposted a video from X's lead engineer, Mark Kalman, showing the X Media Studio dashboard and explaining how to set up a broadcast and activate chat. However, Kalman indicated that this option will (for now?) only be available to X premium subscribers.
How to game stream on here (for Premium subscribers) pic.twitter.com/KwpQZRfXF9
- Mark Kalman (@marmars) September 30, 2023
Source: X