BROADCAST DISCOVERY VIA ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE
An electronic marketplace includes a plurality of video game applications available for purchase. For each of the plurality of video game applications, the electronic marketplace may display a tile identifying the video game application, a payment object for initiating a purchase of the video game application, and a preview object to initiate viewing of a live broadcast of active gameplay of the video game application.
1 . An electronic marketplace comprising:
for each of a plurality of video game applications:
a tile identifying the video game application;
a payment object configured to initiate a purchase of the video game application; and
a preview object configured to initiate viewing of a live broadcast of another's active gameplay of the video game application.
2 . The electronic marketplace of claim 1 , wherein the live broadcast is the live broadcast with a most current viewers for that video game application.
3 . The electronic marketplace of claim 1 , comprising a second preview object configured to initiate viewing of a different live broadcast of the active gameplay of the video game application, the different live broadcast having a second most current viewers for that video game application.
4 . The electronic marketplace of claim 1 , wherein the live broadcast is from a video gaming platform configured to purchase from the electronic marketplace.
5 . The electronic marketplace of claim 1 , wherein the preview object includes preview images from the live broadcast.
6 . The electronic marketplace of claim 1 , wherein the preview object includes preview video from the live broadcast.
7 . The electronic marketplace of claim 1 , further comprising an additional preview object configured to initiate a display of a listing of all live broadcasts of the video game application.
8 . The electronic marketplace of claim 1 , wherein the preview object identifies a number of viewers currently viewing the live broadcast.
9 . A method of operating an electronic marketplace, the method comprising:
for each of a plurality of video game applications:
displaying a tile identifying the video game application;
displaying a payment object configured to initiate a purchase of the video game application; and
displaying a preview object configured to initiate viewing of a live broadcast of another's active gameplay of the video game application.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the live broadcast is the live broadcast with a most current viewers for that video game application.
11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying a second preview object, the second preview object configured to initiate viewing of a different live broadcast of the active gameplay of the video game application, the different live broadcast having a second most current viewers for that video game application.
12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the live broadcast is from a video gaming platform configured to purchase from the electronic marketplace.
13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the preview object includes preview images from the live broadcast.
14 . The method of claim 9 , comprising displaying an additional preview object configured to initiate a display of a listing of all live broadcasts of other's active gameplay of the video game application.
15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the preview object identifies a number of viewers currently viewing the live broadcast.
16 . A computing system for hosting an electronic marketplace, the computing system comprising a logic machine, a network connection, and a storage machine, the storage machine containing instructions executable by the logic machine to:
for each of a plurality of video game applications:
provide a tile identifying the video game application;
provide a payment object configured to initiate a purchase of the video game application; and
provide a first preview object configured to initiate viewing of a live broadcast with a most current viewers of another's active gameplay of the video game application.
17 . The computing system of claim 16 , comprising instructions to provide a second preview object configured to initiate viewing of a different live broadcast of the active gameplay of the video game application, the different live broadcast having a second most current viewers for that video game application.
18 . The computing system of claim 16 , wherein the first preview object includes preview images from the live broadcast.
19 . The computing system of claim 16 , comprising instructions to provide a third preview object configured to initiate a viewing of a listing of all live broadcasts of other's active gameplay of the video game application.
20 . The computing system of claim 16 , wherein the live broadcast is from a video gaming platform configured to purchase from the electronic marketplace.