Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has started to test game streaming and live shopping features.
Elon Musk, X’s owner, posted a video of himself playing Diablo IV on the platform, demonstrating the new features of the X video game streamer system.
Musk wrote: “Tested the X video game streamer system last night. It works! Will try to complete a Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon tonight live on this platform.”
The X broadcast lasted 52 minutes, of which the first dozen were spent setting up the stream.
Tested the 𝕏 video game streamer system last night. It works!
Will try to complete a Tier 100 Nightmare dungeon tonight live on this platform.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 2, 2023
The event, which was not advertised by Musk, was watched by a total of 20,000 people, with a peak of 1,300 concurrent viewer.
Separately, the social media platform X has announced a new partnership with Paris Hilton to experiment with live shopping features.
