Back in 2015, YouTube launched its own live-streaming service, YouTube gaming, as a way to tackle the pervasive popularity that Twitch enjoyed. It launched a website and app separate from the main YouTube ones, stuffed with profiles of over 25 00 games for people to use a catalogue to find games streams of games they care about.
Nobody really seemed to care. Despite YouTube’s incredible user base, Twitch remained the dominant platform for streamers. And now, YouTube is officially and finally pulling the plug on YouTube Gaming. It’s not a surprise, of course. Last year, Google announced its plans to merge YouTube Gaming (which nobody uses) with YouTube proper (Which everybody uses), making its content available across both platforms.
Now they’ve announced that both the app and the website will stop working from May 30th. The Gaming.YouTube.com URL will likely redirect to YouTube.com/gaming, while the bespoke, standalone app that nobody has installed will stop working. Says Google:
The YouTube Gaming app will go away on May 30, but you’ll be able to find all of your favorite gaming videos in the YouTube main app at www.youtube.com/gaming. Learn more about Gaming on YouTube here.
I think YouTube Gaming’s only real benefit was a nice dark mode, but even that’s come across to YouTube proper. I’d suggest pouring one out for YouTube gaming, but as you’ve probably gathered by now, nobody could really be arsed.
Last Updated: May 28, 2019
Geoffrey Tim
May 28, 2019 at 14:14
See? Nobody cares.
justlikemo
May 28, 2019 at 14:14
😛
Yahtzee
May 28, 2019 at 14:23
Youtube what?
Kromas
May 28, 2019 at 14:23
What is Youtube gaming?
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
May 28, 2019 at 14:23
When you learn to play a game you don’t have via YouTube
Kromas
May 28, 2019 at 14:33
That sounds boring.
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
May 28, 2019 at 14:33
Ask Peter Kruger, he knows all about it
Yahtzee
May 28, 2019 at 14:33
“How to make a door in minecraft from wood”
Kromas
May 28, 2019 at 14:33
“How to tame a horse in minecraft”
MaSeKind
May 28, 2019 at 14:23
The only good thing about YouTube Gaming was the UI for playing playlists. Much better fullscreen support and less clutter and crap. You can actually change any YT url for a playlist and add gaming. to the front to get that UI.
But it was a mission finding anything on Gaming itself. It’s easier to search on normal YT and then change the url if you want to.
Pariah
May 28, 2019 at 15:10
YouTube also have a new music specific section (is it a section?) that feels like it wants to be Spotify. I see it pretty much the same as this. Nobody cares.
HvR
May 28, 2019 at 16:54
It is actually a good deal with premium, suspending spotify sub for a YT premium sub end of the month
Ruan Fourie
May 29, 2019 at 07:08
Sheesh no, I use it. Used to use Google Play Music then switched over to Youtube Music.
Yondaime
May 28, 2019 at 15:39
Isn’t it like that other thing YouTube music or Music on You Tube or something?