When I first went into a stream to get the drops, the viewer count was at about 16k, at 4 hours in, the viewer count was at 9k. While the subs for the mount is really nice for temp. money for the streamer, I gotta wonder… After the drops are done, and the viewer count drops out, does it feel bad for the streamer? I’m not very familiar with how twitch works. But, it would suck to have viewers only for a few hours; then everyone is gone.
That’s how marketing works. It’s fine. Streamers get a chance to connect with some viewers that may never have came otherwise, it’s business for everyone involved. Everyone makes money, except for the fool who pays for cosmetic pixels 
This game can be played lol. Many are playing the game.
Its not wow. Where you get ample time to kill time in twitch/youtube as you post up in lfg channel…
LFM H+ dungeon x, gs# min, need tank/healz
On slow nights you can do this a solid 45 minutes…easy.
Streamers make their money in slow periods with click baits.
Why on classic and even retail side when a poster goes…“see the streamer said this!”
we go, please post a short summary. we aren’t doing the click bait thing.
The crappy thing is it only does something for the bigger streamers and completely turfs the little streamers who don’t make Blizzards list.
From what I read anyone can opt into the drops, for their stream. I only picked the most popular one, because it can guarantee that I don’t have to keep checking back. I would have personally preferred to help the small streamers, but I don’t want to put in more than the minimum effort for twitch stuff.
It drives traffic to streamers and they retain some new people. It’s not designed for them to retain all of the new viewers.
" From June 5, 4 p.m. PDT–July 2, 11:59 p.m. PDT , you can also show your support for eligible Diablo IV creators by gifting their channel 2 Twitch subscriptions of any tier. Doing so will earn you the rugged Primal Instinct Mount as a reward."
Only eligible streamers for the subscriptions mount. Normal drops are for everyone.
ooh. That’s pretty cool, actually.
Twitch Streamer is taking a break. (He/she isn’t, we’re lying to you) Sit back and watch some ads! Showing ad 1 of 9.
Uhh… no.
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Have you seen the list? You can download the spreadsheet. I’ve seen smaller Indian call center call lists. I opened it and closed it at page like 3475643985. The list is much larger than you’re indicating.
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I get that companies like two-way marketing by offering things like Twitch Drops, but a lot of players are on a data capped internet plan and/or just don’t like having to watch a video or leave it running muted while doing other things. I personally would like to have these available by performing things in-game as an alternative to the Twitch Drop system. Ideally you want your players engaging with the game itself, not doing something they find extraneous.
Works for me anyway. I don’t normally watch twitch streams, always prefer own playing the game. For the sake of free drops, I let the stream run on my phone while I continue with my daily desk job.
Its a good way to introduce new good but not famous streamers to more ppl.
But I personally still don’t like this feature as a user.
This is a big thing to consider for them. At least you can lower the quality to 160, and use your phone to reduce the bandwidth use?
Also, is the current rewards for this week?:
-Mount
-Dagger Cosmetic
-Sword Cosmetic
-Coffer
-Favor
Or have I missed something, for this week?
I only tune in to twitch for drops, minimize and mute it. This happens with drops at all times, it gives a chance for streamers to put on an elaborate show when they can plan around it.
The mount is available from June 5 through July 2, and requires that you gift two subscriptions of any tier to two streamers. The details for this are located here: https://www.wowhead.com/diablo-4/news/how-to-earn-the-primal-instinct-mount-diablo-4-twitch-drops-333172#Streamer
Doesnt matter what I am indicating the simple fact is it screws the smaller streams that aren’t deemed worthy to Blizzard. Period.
Watching someone else play can be entertaining. It can also help you learn, from someone much more skilled. It could also be a streamer that someone already watches, who just happen to be playing the said game.
It allows them to be discovered which is the point. If you like them and use twitch often, you might come back.
That’s actually a good point, I didn’t consider. Twitch discovery is pretty bad, on it’s own.