Taking a look at the Twitch.tv Directory for No Man's Sky and you can already see many PS4 streamers streaming away.
Opinion:
- That being said, are all these pre-release streams eating away the hype factor for a fresh new game?
- I would say yes, and it will eroad away curious viewers for launch day. People are consuming a unpatched version of the game that has bugs and other game play anomalies that most likely will not be there on launch day.
- Is one of the issues the ease of streaming via consoles a problem?
- Yes! not so long ago in order to live stream from a console you needed a capture card and a PC setup. But now the new gen consoles have build in streaming making it very easy for just about anyone to live stream to Twitch.
- Are some streamers exploiting the 3 strike rule to gain followers for launch day?
- Sadly it appears there is a couple of streamers who are using a leaked copy of the game in order to build a viewerbase for the future. Being able to stream the game before anyone else on Twitch can assist with obtaining followers for this niche. The better the broadcaster and gimmicks used to get follows + loyalty the more gains for the future. For instance being world first is pretty big accomplishment for getting your name out there. Especially when it comes to spoilers about a highly hyped game like No Man's Sky.
- Good example for NMS is the guy who paid a couple thousand for a copy of No Man's Sky a week or 2 ago off of ebay. He managed to live stream it and also has been providing many spoilers. If this guy streams day one launch on Twitch, his channel will probably be one of the more viewed channels due to being established already with providing spoilers and game details before anyone else.
