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It’s been a little over two years since Facebook launched a dedicated gaming mobile app that it aims to compete with Twitch and YouTube as Facebook Gaming. Now,
It’s been a little over two years since Facebook launched a dedicated gaming mobile app that it aims to compete with Twitch and YouTube as Facebook Gaming. Now, Meta’s leading social network has announced app will close soonhowever, he did not explain the reasons behind this decision.
When opening Facebook Gaming from a mobile device, the app gives the following warning: No longer available on October 28 on iOS and Android platforms. The web version, which can be found in Facebook’s Games section, will continue to work with streams from creators, web games, and other features.
Until October 28, the Facebook Gaming app for iOS and Android will continue to work normally, in fact, it can still be downloaded from the App Store and Play Store. However, when this deadline comes, it will no longer be available for download and users will lose all mobile features of the platform.
As we mentioned above, there is no official explanation for the reasons for the Facebook Gaming application to be closed, but we can get an idea of why this platform was born. Part of the philosophy of the social network’s parent company Meta, is to bring together functions that work well for competition.
Exactly when Facebook Gaming was announced in 2018, Twitch was the leading platform for video game streaming, followed by YouTube and Mixer (the latter owned by Microsoft closed in 2020). Mark Zuckerberg’s company wanted to enter this industry with a strong bid to attract creators and audiences.
In the years that followed, it developed exclusivity deals for some streamers, a creator program similar to Twitch affiliates, and a (soon to be terminated) mobile app. Despite efforts, Facebook Gaming ranks third on the watch hours podium Behind Twitch and YouTube.
Facebook Gaming mobile application allows users to take screenshots of comments over the microphone, view the posts of other content creators, and even play small gamesbut the latter never happened in the iOS version due to the rules of the App Store.
For now, Facebook Gaming will continue to live within the web version of Facebook with all these functions, but we don’t know if the company will retire it in the future. Of course, Meta is testing a new live streaming app similar to Twitch that wants creators to monetize their streams.
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