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Earning hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to sit at home and play video games. Doesn’t it sound great? This is a reality for some though as the live streaming gamer becomes more and more popular. The basic premise is that the gamer has a live stream of them playing an online game, allowing the internet to watch, and interacts with the audience through a chat box. They do this through sites such as Twitch and YouTube Gaming. As explained in the IB Times, it is easy and relatively cheap it is to start up one of these live game streams.
The most popular example of this in the world today is PewDiePie. He currently has over 42 million subscribers to his YouTube channel which gives him an extremely wide reach. His earnings in 2015 were in the millions and is the most popular channel on YouTube. His popularity has spawned many others attempting to replicate his efforts with varying degrees of success. One of the most popular in Australia would be xMinks, with over 300000 followers.
With such interest in the live game streaming market, it will be interesting to see where it evolves to and what the next step is.
Sources:
http://www.ibtimes.com/how-live-stream-video-games-twitch-youtube-gaming-any-budget-2160659
https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie
Hayden Skates 