Twitch reveals $9/month premium membership

oh!  a turbo badge?  count me........................................................wait, that's dumb. 

Pass.

Since the chat is the first thing I'm hiding when actually watching a stream on Twitch from time to time and the other features seem to be worthless gimmicks, I'd rather put Twitch back on my ad-blocker list if the ads get too annoying and would personally get just about the same value out of it without paying for some "premium service". (which still has caching problems because I'm in the EU and their datacenter is in the US)

Don't they realize what they're saying? If video games are that bad, then what about alcohol, drugs, tv shows, movies, books? When compared to video games, those are "more evil". Alcohol and drugs can take away proper thinking, tv shows and movies have been showing more brutal stuff (rape, more gore) than commercial games, books have been around far longer than any of these and they hold instructions on how to treat people badly if they are not part of your religion or group.

At least in video games, every time you're tasked to kill something, you're usually killing bad guys to save the world.

I'm getting really tired of this new trend of everyone on the internet going "give us money for nothing to support us". If you think your content is worth paying for then put a paywall on it and stop with this half-begging/exploiting peoples good will so you can maximize your profit.

I watch Twitch occasionally but I'd never pay for it. I can stand the ads to watch someone else play a game, but paying to watch another person play is not my cup of tea. I'll pay for someone else to get an all expenses paid trip to Disney land if they bring back a picture of them having fun...

Who else thought that the picture was of a fleshlight at first glance?

twitch is hilarious fun when the chat group starts cracking jokes.

mass effect 3 launch with man vs. game was great fun!

What ads ? , need something more to entice users including what was mentioned :P

No thanks. Just give me the ads. I block them with Adblock anyway.

And people moaning about 5 USD per month for Xbl-Gold,heh.

no thank you

i'll rather go to youtube and watch playthroughs 

I mainly use twitch to stream monster during Evo  so this isn't for me

"Watch games. Not Ads."

LOL dont you love how they make it look like "It comes with the territory! Much like hurricanes, or HIV!" when they are the ones delivering the ads. I dont care how much you love Twitch, that is bullshit. Like when the mafioso comes into your store looking for protection money, yet hes the one who just broke your window. "Im willing to stop getting free money as long as you keep paying me. Deal?" It would be extortion if it didnt sound so retarded. Yea im sure you get other things too......that could also be free. Colors! A badge made in Illustrator! Smileys! And you get to talk to nerds on salary before anyone else. Fantastic. Give me a 10 and at least ill swing you a dime bag of some dank...

Throw in a  good streaming program for new streamers.They got themselves a deal.

So I can finally pay to watch others play games?  Where do I sign up?

I watch Twitch more than TV.  $9 a month is pocket change.  I will support them.

I dont get this! who the hell wants to watch people play games?

...and $9 a month, for a fake badge, smiley faces, and Oh better customer service(is this a joke) sounds like a terrible idea.

im sure they are going to make millions!

im definetly buying this, said no one ever

Hmm, waiting for sites to start charging  micro transaction fee's to post in the comments sections :p 

$9 a month for that?  Maybe $2 (considering they have had $0 up until now) for a true fan, everyone else can ad block and or deal with a few ads.

Sorry, Twitch, I need my dough to actually buy games, not watch people play them.

I have Twitch streams on 24/7 but I get the feeling my support would be better going directly to my favourite caster's subscriptions.

No thanks. There are so few streams worth watching, and AdBlock takes care of the ads just fine. When I can get Netflix for $8/mo, $9/mo to watch people play games and have a custom chat flair is way more than I'm willing to pay.