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TechStory: gaming trends that defined the past 10 years
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The digital gaming industry is just over 50 years old and has come a long way since its launch in the 60s. It’s hard to keep track of the many different trends popping up before our eyes these past few years. The innovations that looked fascinating in the early 2010s are now considered old school.
It’s funny how we were so eager to unbox the Playstation 4 console that our parents promised us for Christmas during the 2013 winter holiday season. Today’s kids will be more familiar with online gaming with FanDuel and live streaming gaming services than with some of the video console games we grew up playing. How fast the times have changed!
Yes, we know that change is bound to occur in any growing industry. But never in a million years could we have imagined this level of innovation.
Although big gaming franchises, like Xbox and Playstation, are still the talk of the town today. Their products and offerings have evolved so much over the past ten years.
As this decade is relatively new, it’s good we take a trip down memory lane, revisiting some of the developments and trends that shaped the gaming industry in the past decade:
Twitch
Who still walks into the mall to spectate a video game competition today? Not so many people.
Many gamers know Twitch to be the most popular video gaming live stream service. But only a few people know that this platform has been around for quite a while. It launched in June 2011 and was originally marketed as a spin-off to the popular streaming platform Justin.tv.
Twitch’s popularity has surged since it began focusing on video game live streams and is currently the go-to platform for e-sports competitions. It’s known for broadcasting competitive video games like the battle royals shooter and League of Legends. Many of the biggest YouTube game enthusiasts, like RDCWorld1 and Dontai, have garnered a large following on Twitch. Its scope has since expanded beyond video games to entertainment, sports, and lifestyle content.
Twitch was purchased by tech juggernaut Amazon in 2015 for a staggering $1 billion. On average, about 15 million active users visit the platform daily.