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Microsoft Set to Take on Twitch and YouTube with Livestreaming Firm
Microsoft is ready to take on YouTube Amazon's Twitch and other streaming services, by purchasing its own livestreaming service.
The Xbox maker has announced today plans to purchase live-streaming service Beam, a Seattle-based company created by 18-year-old Matt Salsamendi.
The teen who launched his company in January claims it has already seen 100,000 users.
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Today, the Xbox maker announced plans to purchase live streaming service Beam founded in Seattle, a startup founded by Matt Salsamendi (18 years old).
Unlike other streaming services, it lets users influence and interact with a game streamed by a different player.
Beam lets viewers suggest challenges to streamers and can even alter game elements such as weapon loadout or quest selection.
It also lets developers create special button layouts for viewers to interact with games being streamed on Beam.
"We at Xbox are thrilled about this convergence of playing and watching, and want to provide gamers with the freedom and choice to enjoy great multiplayer experiences across all Beam's platforms as well,' Chad Gibson, a partner group program manager at Microsoft's Xbox Live division, said in a statement.
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The acquisition will let gamers play the games they want and with the people they wantto play with, and on the devices they want.'
The details of the agreement were made public.
He revealed how the system may work with Minecraft.
'Using 'Minecraft' as one example With Beam you don't just watch your favorite streamer's game but you also participate with them.
"You can challenge them and make real-time choices that affect their gameplay, like the choice of tools and quests, movement and much more. All this is possible through simple visual controls."
Salsamendi says Beam will continue to operate as he and his team integrate into the Xbox engineering group.
Salsamendi in a blog post published on Beam's website, stated that the service has increased to approximately 100,000 users since it was launched in January of this year.
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He writes, "As part Xbox, we will be able to grow faster than we ever have before,"
We're expanding our team, bolstering our infrastructure, and most importantly, we're continuing to expand and help the amazing community at Beam.'
The 18-year-old CEO AND FOUNDER
After running a massive game server platform hosting Minecraft servers for four years, Matthew Salsamendi, at the age of 18 decided to launch Beam.
The startup, based in Seattle, lets creators interact with viewers and also allows them to control certain aspects of the streamed game.
Players interacting through Beam can direct the play of the person streaming, doing things like setting which weapon loadout they take into the battle in multiplayer shooters, for example.
It was announced at TechCrunch NY 2016 and took home the Startup Battlefield competition.
TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Winners Matt Salsamendi of Beam pose for pictures during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, May 11 May, 2016.
Salsamendi is from Bellevue, Seattle. He is obsessed with web performance and high availability infrastructure. According to his bio.
He can also be found programming, designing lighting for theaters, flying planes, and creating short films in his spare moments.
Salsamendi However, Salsamendi did not anticipate this kind of approach. In an interview with Geekwire Salsamendi said that he would rather have Gates, Zuckerberg, or Bezos in his corner.
"He has a unique global view of human interactions and communities.
"We function as a social media indirect network for gamers and Zuckerberg, the King of Social.