Xbox Microsoft Acquires Beam

[Demon_Skeith]

Interactive livestreaming service, Beam has been acquired by Microsoft, and will become a part of the Xbox set up.

The Beam service offers extra features to viewers such as setting challenges for the streamer or offering multiple player perspectives across a party and boasts sub-second delay streaming and among other things.

Xbox Live's Partner Group program manager, Chad Gibson stated via a blog post to say that acquiring Beam "supports our ongoing commitment to make Xbox Live more social and fun."

 

[IntoxNitram]

Sounds like an interesting streaming platform, some of the features I wish would be implemented on Twitch. Wonder how Microsoft will make use out of this.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Sounds like an interesting streaming platform, some of the features I wish would be implemented on Twitch. Wonder how Microsoft will make use out of this.

Most likely use it to match Sony's services.

 

[lb]

Interesting... I wonder why they didn't do this earlier... Beam has been around for a while...