Piyush Kumar On Game Streaming Being The Biggest Category In India

Shunya One

Did you know? 85% of content in gaming is streaming.

On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Piyush Kumar, Founder and CEO of Rooter. Piyush talks about why gaming will never stop being popular and why gamers produce a lot of content around it. He also shares what Rooter is and how the idea for it came about. They further discuss why the number of people playing games is high in India and if it will grow in the coming years, why the gaming community angle is very strong and how it works. Among other things discussed were professional gaming becoming a thing, if streaming is an important part of upscaling for professionals, why gaming in India is a mobile gaming market, and why anyone launching games in India needs to think 'mobile first' in many categories; the nature of the platform Piyush has built, the technology that they are using, the vision and mission they laid down for Rooter, what's in it for the streamers and how they make money. Tune in for this and much more.

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https://twitter.com/RooterSports

https://www.linkedin.com/company/hello-rooter/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/writetopiyush/

https://twitter.com/writetopiyush

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