Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer.
Streaming platform Twitch has announced and launched Drop Ins, a new feature"designed to make it easier for people to just 'drop in' on each other while they are streaming." The collaboration tool allows streamers to"knock" on other live streamers, who will then receive a notification visible only to them, which if accepted will start a joint stream.
There are some claims about the feature being dangerous, which seem a mite exaggerated given that Twitch has given streamers control over who can"knock" on their streams, but by far the most consistent complaint is about the feature being pushed on streamers without the option to turn it off.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
But solo streams still feel like the bread-and-butter, and there will always be a contingent of streamers who don't want to collaborate. Making them opt out in every single stream, rather than just turning it off in settings, just feels overbearing and annoying. Drop Ins will no doubt become an important and popular part of the platform: but Twitch really should let individuals drop out.
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