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Using Restreamio and Expanding Your Video Game Streaming Audience

It's been a minute, that's for damn sure. I tried re-signing up for the Twitch affiliate status only to realize it wasn't the path I wanted. Restricting oneself to one avenue of video game streaming really isn't the best method of learning the entire market, so I decided to focus my efforts with something that I knew about in the past: Restreamio!

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Using Restreamio for Video Game Streaming Content


Restreamio acts as a streaming hub for several different platforms. You stream to it, and it rebroadcasts to all of your channels. It's convenient and can potentially expand your audience much wider; the only problem, I think, is the matter of hosting. If you're streaming on Twitch, Mixer, YouTube, and Facebook, then it's a matter of hosting who you want to on each individual platform. That's not a very easy task, unfortunately. But if you're looking to get into video game streaming and you don't want to limit yourself to one platform, I think it's a fantastic idea to use it regularly. Most of their broadcast avenues are free, but if you're looking to stream to a Facebook page or more obscure platforms, there are paid options as well. Plus, Restreamio has a featured channel chat that combines all streamed-to platforms into one, so there's no confusion about where to look or who is saying what.

Just an FYI, I haven't gotten the Steam streaming platform to work with Restreamio yet. I'm not sure why, but on every instance that I log in to try out Steam it doesn't show a proper feed. I don't know if this is on my end, but I'm not too concerned with Steam anyhow. If your goal is to broadcast on Steam, I wouldn't take this route just yet. 

I'm not sponsored by Restreamio at all; I just think it's a fantastic platform that shows people the benefit of not being tied exclusive to one streaming channel. Take a look at their website by checking out the Restreamio homepage.

Thanks for reading. I typically am online 5 PM PST on Mixer, YouTube, and Twitch. Check the stream feed if you'd like located at the top of my blog where my other links are.


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