Twitch now lets you purchase games directly from streams

6 Apr 2017

Steve Wright

Twitch viewers are now able to buy games that are being streamed on the popular service.

As detailed in February, the Get It On Twitch initiative will allow Twitch viewers to buy video games directly from a stream, giving a 5% of the profits to the Twitch streamer who’s playing.

Each streamer’s page now has a dedicate purchase button. Games purchased through the service can be launched via the Twitch Desktop App, or in the case of Ubisoft games, through Uplay.

USD is the only currency currently supported in the scheme.

Do you plan on buying the games you watch via stream?

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.