Indian Gaming

Indian Streamers

Posted on by Natasha Vijji

The gaming industry of the country is expanding faster than ever before. Major manufacturers of peripherals as well as hardware now have centers of operation in the country, even brands that were once cherished as “premium” brands. Thanks to improved network facilities as well as cheaper access to fast internet, the streamers living in the subcontinent can play games online without having to worry about latency. One such streamer is Dhruv ‘Ris3y’ Gupta.

He has been gaming for more than 20 years and been working in the gaming industry for almost 7 years now. Previously working as a Game Tester, Teacher, Writer & Critic, he is now focused entirely on his channel and has been doing so full time for the past one year. As a streamer, he focuses on interacting with his audience, entertaining them, and bringing them new games to watch from time to time. Having spent over 1400 hours of streaming on Twitch alone (used to be a YouTube Streamer as well) the journey for him has been exhilarating.

In the last one year, he has successfully partnered with Twitch, Discord, Stream Labs, Humble Bundle & PUBG. Becoming the first Indian to be selected to go on the Twitch Partner Spotlight and being selected to represent India on a global scale at the Twitch ❤ Creators Program. With over 3900+ followers, 60 concurrent Twitch Subscribers, and more than 650,000+ views on his channel, this continuous support from the community has enabled him to grow, improve and develop better streams, hence becoming a better entertainer over the last year.

Twitch in India

Posted on by Natasha Vijji

With improved internet speeds over the last few years and increased opportunities to monetize content, video game streaming in India is on the verge of a breakthrough. While there has been a meteoric rise of streaming in the gaming industry worldwide, India has been lagging behind despite a growing urban gamers.

The gaming culture in India is weak, people don’t game let alone follow a site to watch gaming. Some reasons for this may be due to low income many can’t afford decent hardware to play triple AAA games and another being internet speed and data. Twitch streams are too big which requires huge data compared to few minutes of reviews. The average Indian college kid is still almost fully supported by his parents. They usually aren’t allowed to work part time and are supposed to put their full focus on their education. There is a very different scenario in the US and Europe.

 Twitch is a market leader in terms of live game streaming platforms, Its viewership increased by 40% over in 2018. In India though, it has yet to sky rocket in terms of popularity. Some reasons for this maybe the lack of gaming culture present in India that discourages Indian viewers from starting their own broadcasts. Also gaming for long hours requires special hardware which is unaffordable for many Indian children, since they are mostly imported.  At the rate with which the gaming industry is expanding in terms of popularity and revenue, it’s time to encourage young gamers to start broadcasting content . And before you know it, they could be making a living off playing video games thanks to twitch.