Twitch Announces $20 Million In New Investment From Take-Two And Others

[PeeKnuckle]

Popular video game streaming site Twitch.tv has announced a new round of investments totaling $20 million. The funding comes from a number of sources, including Take-Two Interactive.

The investment, which is led by Thrive Capital and also includes WestSummit Captial, will be used to further reinforce the service's infrastructure and grow its partnership base. Existing investors Alsop Louie Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners are also part of the new funding. Twitch currently boasts 45 million unique visitors per month, and continues to grow. 

The site is a popular destination for individuals and groups to stream content to viewers, but garners a significant portion of its traffic from eSports.

 

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http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/09/30/twitch-announces-20-million-in-new-investment-from-take-two-and-others.aspx

[Siren]

I wonder what this means for Take-Two's involvement?  I am curious to see if this impacts the use of Twitch with Take-Two's games on both the PS4 and Xbox One

[PeeKnuckle]

That was my first thought, too, Siren. Will Take-Two published games have priority or something else along those lines?

[Siren]

Exactly my thoughts PK.  Take-Two has their hands on a lot of good series like Borderlands, 2K, BioShock, GTA, Red Dead, and the list goes on.  If Take-Two games are going to have priority on the consoles with Twitch streaming, how does that affect other titles?  I can see it turning into a fee service to use if it does affect other titles that are non Take-Two.  Something like the online passes and what not.

[Skylark95]

Possibly Take-Two wants to integrate with their games?

[Dateranoth]

No denying that Twitch already prioritizes. This could be as simple as prioritizing those games or more towards promoting those over other games. Either way, you know the investment didn't come without strings.

[Skylark95]

Isn't prioritizing traffic like that against net neutrality?

[Dateranoth]

Considering its a private site and the users aren't paying for a service, I doubt it. Just a bad way to do business.