Allow non prime members to use Watch Parties
It is a great idea but a failed launch. It kicks people out of the watch party, and leaves a silent window with just you in their with the watch party. Unless you have a good scene, it can be embarrassing and low grade quality to not allow others to be in the party.
I stopped the film because I lost all of my viewers after I switched over to Watch Parties from a "just chatting" while I was gathering a crowd to watch the show. However, this app forces people to sign up for Prime, or start a trial. Not everyone is okay with this.
Thanks.
Thanks for your feedback. We will keep it in mind as we plan our upcoming releases.
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Ch0c0L4t3m1Lk commented
i came here to say the same thing, so ill just comment on it. it seems silly to force viewers to be prime members. its hard enough to get some people in your stream then you try to show content only a % would have access to, youre instantly filtering out viewers you worked to get. im glad i tested it out before i went through all the effort to get a bunch of my friends excited to hang out and watch something fun then have non-prime members drop out, everyone let down. i think its getting to the point where everyone has cashed in their free trial, so thats not a viable solution for most people. i also had to stop the watch party.
i think it would make far more sense to let non-prime people in watch parties, its essentially as if were hosting 'tupperware parties' for prime video, inviting all our friends to our stream and showing off the great content they could watch if they had prime, like us. then theyre going to realize they dont need me to finish watching if they sub to prime themselves, or they come back to twitch to watch more on my stream later. either way you end up on top. you could at least do it with amazon originals older than 6 months. i also like the other posters idea about getting kickbacks if someone signs up to prime through your watch party, and they make a good point that we round up a bunch of people on our stream to watch the content that they have to pay to see yet it doesnt really benefit my stream or me at all. especially because at that point they could say why have this guy take up space on my screen now, ill just watch it myself and leave, after ive done all the legwork all the benefits go to prime sales.
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パッションリップ commented
This is an awful idea. No way would the IP owners in their video catalogue be okay with XQC just streaming the show for free to everybody. It's like you're complaining to AMC that they make people buy tickets to get in the door.
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SSJGod_Kyle commented
I completely agree. Twitch has always been a free platform. Not needing to spend any money to enjoy and view your favorite streamers and hang out and interact with your favorite streamers and community. But with this, not only are you telling people they may have to pay to interact with their favorite communities, they not even supporting the streamer. I feel like you should make it so streamers need prime in order to make a watch party, but viewers don't need prime in order to enjoy it with them. But if they sign up for prime through their stream, they get a commission for it; even if it's small.