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Plays.tv takes a bite out of Twitch and YouTube, Instagram style
Raptr today announced the official public launch of a gamer-focused service called Plays.tv, a kind of Instagram for gamers, where the idea is that everyone and every game has an epic moment of some kind.
The idea though, says Raptr, is entirely different from Twitch.tv and YouTube. According to Dennis Fong, CEO and founder of Raptr, "Twitch is just too complicated to setup for most people, and YouTube is like uploading your moments into the ether." The premise behind what Fong says is that there's a junction that serves a clear purpose through Plays.tv that doesn't exist on any other platform, and we get what he's saying.
Right now, Twitch.tv is primarily a platform for the pro-gamer, where they're there to make money as a full time broadcaster. You're essentially an entertainer at that point and less of a "gamer." On YouTube, it's everything and everyone: make-up artists, cooks, car crash videos, street fights, idol shows, and gaming. YouTube however, announced recently that it would compete with Twitch.tv. Gamers don't often seem to share the quirky or crazy moments on Facebook either.
"Facebook isn't a great place for [game moments] either. You have coworkers, random friends, and family. It's just weird," said Fong.
We're trying out Plays.tv now and the service is very easy to use. The videos upload seamlessly and there's not much involvement at all, which is a good thing. The Plays.tv client handles the work duties for you, and those who use Raptr can also upload to Plays.tv. Raptr is hoping that its current install base of 46 million gamers will find a home on Plays.tv
With Plays.tv, users are able to instantly create a 15-second (user definable) video clip of what just happened in the moment, in their game. The Plays.tv client continuously records the game play session to ensure no moment is missed. Plays are then sent directly to their profile page, where like-minded players can comment and see what happened.
And Fong would know.
Rewind the gaming scene back to the Quake, Quake 2 days and Dennis "Thresh" Fong was a renowned world champion. Some would say he was the first professional gamer and the best FPS player of all time. Since then, Fong has created four companies under his belt, and two of which are thriving today and the other two were successfully sold to larger companies. It's been a long road for Fong since winner John Carmack's Ferrari.
Raptr's business model too has expanded with Plays.tv. Originally launched as a cross-platform communications platform for gamers, Raptr became a tool to solve some of the headaches surrounding performance from variations in the PC ecosystem. Think "GeForce Experience" but for all platforms. The Raptr client would detect your hardware and games, and tune settings to deliver what it believe would be the best combination of speed and quality. Raptr recently secured a partnership with Intel, and having AMD under its belt, Raptr is now the biggest player in game-system optimization.
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Raptr today announced the official public launch of a gamer-focused service called Plays.tv, a kind of Instagram for gamers, where the idea is that everyone and every game has an epic moment of some kind.
The idea though, says Raptr, is entirely different from Twitch.tv and YouTube. According to Dennis Fong, CEO and founder of Raptr, "Twitch is just too complicated to setup for most people, and YouTube is like uploading your moments into the ether." The premise behind what Fong says is that there's a junction that serves a clear purpose through Plays.tv that doesn't exist on any other platform, and we get what he's saying.
"Facebook isn't a great place for [game moments] either. You have coworkers, random friends, and family. It's just weird," said Fong.
We're trying out Plays.tv now and the service is very easy to use. The videos upload seamlessly and there's not much involvement at all, which is a good thing. The Plays.tv client handles the work duties for you, and those who use Raptr can also upload to Plays.tv. Raptr is hoping that its current install base of 46 million gamers will find a home on Plays.tv
With Plays.tv, users are able to instantly create a 15-second (user definable) video clip of what just happened in the moment, in their game. The Plays.tv client continuously records the game play session to ensure no moment is missed. Plays are then sent directly to their profile page, where like-minded players can comment and see what happened.
And Fong would know.
Rewind the gaming scene back to the Quake, Quake 2 days and Dennis "Thresh" Fong was a renowned world champion. Some would say he was the first professional gamer and the best FPS player of all time. Since then, Fong has created four companies under his belt, and two of which are thriving today and the other two were successfully sold to larger companies. It's been a long road for Fong since winner John Carmack's Ferrari.
Raptr's business model too has expanded with Plays.tv. Originally launched as a cross-platform communications platform for gamers, Raptr became a tool to solve some of the headaches surrounding performance from variations in the PC ecosystem. Think "GeForce Experience" but for all platforms. The Raptr client would detect your hardware and games, and tune settings to deliver what it believe would be the best combination of speed and quality. Raptr recently secured a partnership with Intel, and having AMD under its belt, Raptr is now the biggest player in game-system optimization.
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