Twitch axes its in-house streaming software, says it will “redirect resources”

Twitch is shutting down its in-house streaming software, Twitch Studio.

Launched for public use in 2019, Twitch Studio was intended to be a competitor for softwares like OBS, and was supposed to “help brand new streamers get started with streaming,” per Twitch.

“However,” the platform said in an official blog post, “since launch, usage of Twitch Studio has remained fairly low, with less than 4% of total hours streamed coming from Twitch Studio users each month.”

And, when streamers do use Twitch Studio, “most” of them “quickly switch over to other streaming software, like OBS to take advantage of more advanced features,” Twitch admitted.

As such, it’s cutting support for Twitch Studio May 30. Twitch says the resources that were going into keeping Twitch Studio going will be redirected “into areas that can better serve our wider community, like continued improvement to Clips, investments in mobile, stream together, the Discovery Feed, and more.”

The post also included a how-to guide for Twitch Studio users to get everything migrated over to another software.

Twitch formally recommends using OBS, Streamlabs Desktop, XSplit, Vmix, Elgato Game Capture, Live Gamer Extreme, and Lightstream.

With the current state of Twitch, we’re not surprised it’s trying to go leaner and cut things the majority of its streamer base either doesn’t know about, or doesn’t use. It’s had a rough couple of years, with several major rounds of layoffs, a string of baffling (and often quickly reversed) policy changes, and the growing popularity of challengers like Kick.

As for what else might change at Twitch, CEO Dan Clancy recently laid out the platform’s 2024 roadmap. You can check out our coverage of that right here.