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What's a business that when you first heard it, thought it was the dumbest idea in the world, and it turned out to be hugely successful? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Low-Helicopter-2696@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Airbnb sounded like a horrible idea to me. Who the heck would rent out a single room? Sounded like a recipe for murder.

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[–] GraceGreenview@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Twitch. “Why would you pay to watch someone play a video game?”, I thought. Turns out, many enjoy it and it’s not too far removed from watching any sport.

[–] Fair_Entertainer_891@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (16 children)

I still don't understand why people want to watch people play video games. I can understand YouTube videos where you learn tips/tricks and walkthroughs, but just watching some kid play a video game. Like what?

[–] DrGrapeist@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I thought this was weird until I realized a lot of people grew up watching their older siblings play video games and never playing them. For some games that have a story line, it can be more fun than playing them. You also can turn it on as a background noise while doing something or to make friends to play with. You also can still use it to learn to get better specially as YouTube videos to learn can be better for the time but they may not show everything.

[–] NoddysShardblade@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's also because many of the viewers are kids interested in the game who can't afford to buy it yet (or the console/PC to play it).

And after having kids, I've also seen the baffling phenomenon of kids watching someone with a talky voice play a game THEY ALREADY OWN, INSTEAD OF PLAYING IT THEMSELVES.

[–] throwtac@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A lot of times it’s the streamers that are very entertaining. For some streamers, it’s just their personalities and reactions, but there are many that incorporate good storytelling. Especially for the multiplayer sandbox games that have role-playability like gta5 or red dead redemption. The RP streamers can get quite creative and some come up with stuff that is almost like a mix between a tv show and a dnd game. From a media creation standpoint, it’s quite a feat managing to hold a viewer’s attention for multiple hours even on a single video game YouTube video.

[–] chefk0k@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Speaking of story telling, check out Loochy if you like Call of Duty. He's a solo DMZ player with focus on fun and story telling.

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