[niknetniko]

This is actually a shutdown that makes sense to me: why would it need a separate app/website? I don't think it was actually really useful for most people:

* As a standalone gaming streaming service, I don't think it ever had the potential to dethrone Twitch, for various reasons already said by other commenter

* On the other hand, if you are a heavy YouTube user, it doesn't add anything: almost all features are available in the main YouTube app.

Basically, it always seemed redundant to me.

[midniteslayr]

IIRC YouTube Gaming was created to establish streaming on YouTube. When it was created, they didn't allow streaming on the main YouTube app. That all changed in about 2015, when they started bringing the livestreams in to YouTube proper.