来源： An Update on Twitch in Korea
This morning, I shared with our community in Korea that we’ve made the difficult decision to shut down the Twitch business in Korea on February 27, 2024 KST. We understand that this is extremely disappointing news, and we want to explain why we made this decision and how we are planning to support those impacted.
今天早上，我向我们在韩国的社区分享了一个困难的决定，即我们将在2024年2月27日韩国标准时间关闭在韩国的Twitch业务。我们理解这是极其令人失望的消息，我们想要解释我们为什么做出这个决定以及我们如何计划支持受到影响的人。
Ultimately, the cost to operate Twitch in Korea is prohibitively expensive and we have spent significant effort working to reduce these costs so that we could find a way for the Twitch business to remain in Korea. First, we experimented with a peer-to-peer model for source quality. Then, we adjusted source quality to a maximum of 720p. While we have lowered costs from these efforts, our network fees in Korea are still 10 times more expensive than in most other countries. Twitch has been operating in Korea at a significant loss, and unfortunately there is no pathway forward for our business to run more sustainably in that country.
最终，运营Twitch在韩国的成本过于昂贵，我们已经付出了大量的努力来降低这些成本，以便我们能找到一种方法让Twitch业务能够在韩国继续存在。首先，我们尝试了一种对等网络模型来提高源质量。然后，我们将源质量调整到最高为720p。尽管我们通过这些努力降低了成本，但我们在韩国的网络费用仍然比大多数其他国家贵10倍。Twitch在韩国的运营一直处于重大亏损状态，不幸的是，我们的业务在该国没有更可持续的运行路径。
To all of our global communities, we want to make it clear that this is a unique situation. Operating costs in Korea are significantly higher than they are in other countries and we have been open about this challenge for some time.
对我们全球的各个社区，我们想明确表示这是一个独特的情况。韩国的运营成本显著高于其他国家，我们对此挑战已经公开讨论了一段时间。
Twitch streamers in Korea have devoted significant time and effort into building their communities, and we plan to help these communities find new homes — even if it’s regrettably not on Twitch. We will work to help Twitch streamers in Korea move their communities to alternative livestreaming services in Korea. We are also reaching out to several of these services to help with the transition and will communicate with impacted streamers as those discussions progress.
韩国的Twitch直播主们投入了大量的时间和精力来构建他们的社区，我们计划帮助这些社区找到新的归属——即使遗憾的是不在Twitch上。我们将努力帮助韩国的Twitch直播主们将他们的社区转移到韩国的其他直播服务平台。我们也在接触这些服务平台以帮助过渡，并将在讨论进展时与受影响的直播主们进行沟通。
I want to reiterate that this was a very difficult decision and one we are very disappointed we had to make. Korea has always and will continue to play a special role in the international esports community and we are incredibly grateful for the communities they built on Twitch.
我想重申，这是一个非常困难的决定，我们对不得不做出这个决定感到非常失望。韩国一直在国际电子竞技社区中扮演着特殊的角色，并且我们对他们在Twitch上建立的社区感到无比感激。
Dan Clancy, Twitch CEO丹·克兰西，Twitch首席执行官