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Twitch Prime Users will receive Ads
When Amazon purchased Twitch in 2014, they aimed to provide features for their Prime members. When your Amazon Prime account connects with your Twitch account, you can download free content for PC games, games themselves, and the ability to subscribe to one Twitch streamer for free for one month.
When will I see ads again?
Starting September 14th, any new Twitch Prime members will start receiving ads. If you have a monthly plan for Amazon Prime, then ads will show on October 15th. If you’re an annual user, ads will appear after your renewal period. Nothing else is changing with the Prime plan. You will still receive a free subscription each month and free games and content.
Why enable ads?
Similar to the YouTube platform, having ads on streams help support the streamer. While Prime membership gives you a free subscription, it mostly supports Amazon, not the Twitch streamer itself. The free subscription still gives the streamers $5 but ads help streamers earn more. According to CNBC, some streamers can earn averages about $250 per 100 subscribers due to ads. Twitch prides itself on supporting its community and most streamers weren’t earning much from Prime viewers unless they used their free subscriptions.
Are you disappointed to have ads with Twitch Prime?
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will launch March 2019
Sekiro: Shadows Die is FromSoftware‘s new IP (Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Armor Core) and will be published by Activision. It will release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 22nd, 2019.
The game is based in Sengoku Era Japan. You play as the “One-Armed Wolf” whose goal is to save his master and destroy his life-long enemy. You can equip several prosthetic arms which give you unique weapons or equipment to battle enemies such as an ax, a grappling hook, and an umbrella shield(?)
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While many people know FromSoftware for their work on the Dark Souls series, Sekiro will be much different. There isn’t character customization or armor but the map is an open-world! You will play as a shinobi and will have active swordplay combat. Rather than a stamina system, you will a “posture” system. A more detailed review of the gameplay changes is below by VaatiVidya.
Will you be buying Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?
PlayStation VR and Games Sales Number
Amongst the Gaming VR headsets, PlayStation VR is the most popular due to its accessibility. The PlayStation 4 has sold more than 80 million units and the VR unit is an add-on to the system. It also cost less space to set up compared to stronger VR headsets such as the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift. Today, Sony announced that the PlayStation VR has sold more than 3 million units. In terms of games, they have nearly sold 22 million VR games. Below is the growth of the PlayStation VR.
To celebrate, they announced the release date for two new PSVR games: Creed: Rise to Glory (Sept. 25) and Evasion (Oct. 9).
While the PSVR isn’t the most impressive headset out on the market, the high sales numbers can be attributed to the popularity of the console. PSVR is still relatively new compared to the Vive or the Oculus. Hopefully the future generation PSVR will be able to match its competitors while remaining accessible.
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