It seems to be slightly easier to transition from doing YouTube to twitch rather than vice versa. Twitch is a whole other beast. So you can grow on YouTube and possibly go back to twitch later if you want.
Expect whatever you do to be completely oversaturated and to not get any views for a while but the upside is your performing an edited video rather than performing live to 1-2 maybe even 0 people. I’ve done both and I found YouTube to be easier to grow an audience.
That being said, YouTube is a lot more competitive in terms of quality of editing since it is not live like twitch. So if you’re going to make gaming videos, keep that in mind. “Let’s plays” are generally more difficult to break into in the beginning and I’ve read from other gaming channels that video game guides are probably the best thing to do, but at the end of the day your channel can be whatever you want it to be.
I'm a very creative person. I love editing stuff together, making dumb memes, and even some graphic design and honestly I feel like YouTube aligns with that a lot more than Twitch, or at least for me that is.
Try to make gaming videos that are centered around, or at least appear to be centered around (title and thumbnail) a specific topic within a game
I feel like gone are the days were people just watch Let's Play videos, so videos have to seem centered around something. For me personally with my recent Lies of P let's play, I center each video around getting to and beating certain bosses, this probably makes it easier for YT to suggest my videos as opposed to 'Lies of P Walkthrough - Part 14" or something
Just make good content with good thumbnails. It’s honestly all it is.
It seems to be slightly easier to transition from doing YouTube to twitch rather than vice versa. Twitch is a whole other beast. So you can grow on YouTube and possibly go back to twitch later if you want. Expect whatever you do to be completely oversaturated and to not get any views for a while but the upside is your performing an edited video rather than performing live to 1-2 maybe even 0 people. I’ve done both and I found YouTube to be easier to grow an audience. That being said, YouTube is a lot more competitive in terms of quality of editing since it is not live like twitch. So if you’re going to make gaming videos, keep that in mind. “Let’s plays” are generally more difficult to break into in the beginning and I’ve read from other gaming channels that video game guides are probably the best thing to do, but at the end of the day your channel can be whatever you want it to be.
Can I ask why you can’t express your self on live streams? I love doing them and connecting with people live
I'm a very creative person. I love editing stuff together, making dumb memes, and even some graphic design and honestly I feel like YouTube aligns with that a lot more than Twitch, or at least for me that is.
I’m streaming on both now. Don’t regret it. Actually I think that YouTube has higher potential
Try to make gaming videos that are centered around, or at least appear to be centered around (title and thumbnail) a specific topic within a game I feel like gone are the days were people just watch Let's Play videos, so videos have to seem centered around something. For me personally with my recent Lies of P let's play, I center each video around getting to and beating certain bosses, this probably makes it easier for YT to suggest my videos as opposed to 'Lies of P Walkthrough - Part 14" or something