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Microsoft Xbox One Twitch: 108,000 Users, Over 2.7 Million Minutes Logged in First Week

Apr 01, 2014 01:30 PM EDT | By Justin Stock

Twitch broadcast capabilities on Xbox One have given Microsoft quite the success after over 2.7 million minutes of broadcast were reportedly logged March 10, and 11 information from Microsoft Xbox One Attack of the Fanboy reported.

"In its first week, 108,000 unique Twitch users tried their hand at broadcasting from Xbox One, accounting for 22 percent of Twitch's unique broadcasters in the same period of time. To put that in perspective, according to Twitch, it took another console a month to achieve what the Twitch app on Xbox One did within its first week," Microsoft said in a statement Attack of the Fanboy reported.

 "We never imagined the popularity would spread as fast as it has. Microsoft has really helped drive this expansion, and the great system architecture of Xbox One has allowed us to build a really great broadcasting experience with a robust feature set," Emmett Shear CEO of Twitch told Attack of the Fanboy.  We're all very excited about working with Microsoft to continue rolling out new features on the platform,"

Video game community platform Twitch is also available on the game console, along with fighting game Titanfall.

The Xbox One has an improved kinect sensor, which enables players to operate the device just by talking Gamereactor reported. Individuals can also connect the console to their satellite television equipment in order to watch TV, and flip back and forth between gaming, and viewing shows.

According to the New Straits Times, Microsoft has also enhanced the quality of graphics on its Microsoft Xbox Next Generation game console, improved how gamers play online, and interact with other people in its release at the beginning of the month.

According to Zeenews, the Xbox One game console is soon to arrive in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland,. Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates come September.

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