Is Facebook gaming closing down?
The Facebook Gaming application on iOS and Android gadgets will close down on October 28. In any case, that doesn’t mean the Facebook Gaming highlight is going disconnected. It will in any case be accessible for clients, yet presently just in the Facebook application’s Gaming segment.
Facebook Gaming attempted to turn into a Twitch rival- — to easily proven wrong achievement — and likewise vigorously centered around facilitating decorations who messed around. The application originally sent off in 2020 and was likewise a manner to play Facebook games like Words with Friends.
“We need to stretch out our genuine thanks to every one of you for all that you’ve accomplished to construct a flourishing local area for gamers and fans since this application was first sent off,” Facebook said in the declaration. “This was genuinely a local area drove work to bring new gaming elements to Facebook.”
In a statement shared with GameSpot, a Meta spokesperson said, “We know how important gaming is to our community and remain committed to connecting our gaming community with the content they love. The standalone Facebook Gaming app has been an incredible environment for our gaming team to test and iterate on a wide variety of gaming-specific features and products, and many of these features have found a home in the main Facebook App. We’ll continue to support our gaming communities, developers, and creators on the main Facebook app where hundreds of millions of people play games, watch gaming video, and connect in gaming Groups each month.”
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, did not state the reason behind the Facebook Gaming app’s closure — but the shutdown does signal Facebook Gaming’s possible underperformance. Though Facebook Gaming made an effort to become a new place to host streams, Twitch remains unmoved as the de facto streaming platform.
YouTube has also sought to unseat Twitch by courting popular Twitch streamers for exclusive streaming rights. Twitch, on the other hand, has decided to end its streaming exclusivity policies recently. Twitch partners can now stream on other platforms, whereas previously they were not allowed to, but does limit simulcasting to other streaming platforms like YouTube and Facebook Gaming.
