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[JORMBO]

Wonder how much he got paid for this.

 

[Mista]

This is massive. Now Mixer will get plenty of support from the people and Mixer staff

I like Mixer because it’s very light and I haven’t had any issues with it watching and streaming

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Damn, MS nabbing those huge exclusives.

 

[iamvin22]

Get that bag ninja

 

[God Enel]

Damn, MS nabbing those huge exclusives.

Mixer belongs to Microsoft?

 

[Starlight Lotice]

Will he keep his fanbase though for the consistent cash flow?

Are they willing to switch too?

 

[J-Roderton]

Not a fan of his, but the more people ditching Twitch the better.

 

[lynux3]

Mixer belongs to Microsoft?

Yes.

Good to see Microsoft investing more money into people than their first party.

 

[Smasher89]

Amazon buying twitch will no doubt make it worse over time (looks at forced ads added, even for non affiliates, thats pure income for amazon). That said isnt mixer owned by microsoft, or "lets make all console games get mmo fees" company? That said competition (adless) is mostly for the benefit of consumers.

 

[God Enel]

Yes.

Good to see Microsoft investing more money into people than their first party.

I didn’t know that... I had hopes that mixer isn’t owned by any of the big ones.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

I was excited thinking an actual Ninja was streaming. But it was just this dude that plays zoomer games I don't care about.

 

[Karak]

I just wish that Twitch would let you stream everywhere like everyone else does.

 

[Spukc]

HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA

 

[McCheese]

Pretty crazy, mixer isn't really getting much traction so it's a big power play. But, the only real winner here is Ninja, who gets mega bucks whilst being able to fade into obscurity.

 

[zeorhymer]

I dunno. It was like Pew going to DLive for a day or so and it didn't do much good for them. I can see Mixer doing a bit better, but damn it's not user friendly for new viewers. You have different currencies, stickers or whatever, hypezone (where I feel it's all over the place), but I do give it credit for co-streaming with anyone instead of just partnered folks only.

 

[DGrayson]

i would love to know the economics behind such a deal

 

[iconmaster]

 

[Fbh]

Announces he is switching to the MS owned streaming platform...while wearing an Adidas hoodie, in a video also prominently featuring RedBull.

Dude probably made more money with that Tweet than I've made in my entire life T.T

 

[mckmas8808]

Wonder how much he got paid for this.

Gotta be at least $10 million!

 

[waylo]

I think Ninja stinks, but I'm glad he is doing this. Anything that takes power away from the idiots at Twitch is fine by me. Hopefully more bigger names follow suit.

 

[mckmas8808]

AND POSTED THE NEWS ON TWITTER!!!!

Social media powers all around.

 

[Mr Nash]

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm sure he'll be getting 5-10K viewers over there but as time goes on I'm curious whether this will remain steady / increase or slowly bleed away as time goes on. As much as people talk a good game about liking competition, they still seem to be creatures of habit at heart and gravitate back to whatever services they normally use. Guess we'll see.

 

[EviLore]

Ninja just shot himself in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about streaming culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over on stream, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the streaming public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase subscriptions for either platform, nor will they purchase any of Ninja's swag. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Ninja has alienated an entire market with this move.

Ninja, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

 

[Shifty]

I misread the thread title as Nintendo switches from Twitch to Mixer

 

[theHFIC]

 

[Javthusiast]

Twitch is fast, lol.

 

[McCheese]

Welp, Twitch is not happy - they've removed all his twitch account perks, his channels emoticons, no more subscribe button. So it seems they've actively nuked his account from orbit, rather than just leaving it inactive. I wonder what happens to folks who had subscribed and had time remaining, refunding perhaps?

Guess they didnt know this was going to happen.

 

[Javthusiast]

He was already losing subs left and right and getting eclipsed in viewership by tfue and now I bet by people like Bugha who are simply way better in competitive than Ninja.

So jumping ship and getting payed a ton by MS, even if he probably tanks on mixer in a couple months, is a smart move. Especially if he is gonna be their face of Halo Infinite on there next year.

 

[xviper]

 

[Screamer-RSA]

Oh nooooos Twitch has got such great entertainment

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Surprised he's leaving Twitch, I thought vaginas were protected there....

 

[Arozay]

How's their Artifact section though?

 

[Gamernyc78]

Yes.

Good to see Microsoft investing more money into people than their first party.

Keep waiting the awesome exclusives tht are going to blow our mind have been in production for over ten years according to fans lol

But on a serious note I think this is a gd move to build mixer popularity. Dn so mixer has paid subs and shit?

 

[Boss Mog]

Obviously you do since you not only came in to this thread but also took the time to post that gif.

 

[LuvOfThaGame]

Not a fan of his, but really like mixer over twitch. Mixer has much lower latency and has broadcasts in 4k on xbox.

 

[MightySquirrel]

Oh great Mixer got ruined

 

[Javthusiast]

Not a fan of his, but really like mixer over twitch. Mixer has much lower latency and has broadcasts in 4k on xbox.

I would check it out, but I am no ninja fan and there is literally nothing I like from twitch, like the entire fgc, on there.

 

[Axelotl]

Mixer has the better framework. So I welcome more content on this service. MS is doing strong this days.

 

[AgentP]

Be careful, that MS $$ might not be worth it in the long run...

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

The one thing I can honestly say I like about Mixer is the hype zone. Love watching people choke at the end of PUBG matches when the hype zone rolls in.

 

[Ceadeus]

I can't wait for people to stream, the stream of Stadia streaming service.


Stream

 

[xrnzaaas]

As a person that doesn't watch anything on Twitch (or Mixer for that matter) I can only think how all of the millions he got paid could be spent on game development.

 

[Mista]

Mixer belongs to Microsoft?

Yeah. It launched as Beam first then they changed their name to Mixer

 

[DGrayson]

Even on espn front page

Gaming megastar Ninja leaves Twitch for Mixer

Fortnite superstar Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has left Twitch and is taking his video-game live streams to Microsoft's Mixer platform, a stunning switch that could have wide-ranging consequences for the rapidly growing industry.

www.espn.com

 

[MiguelItUp]

Boi getting ready for that Halo. I can't even imagine how much he was paid.

 

[Bryank75]

Interested to see if this will elevate Mixer, I have my doubts but anything is possible. Fortnite is one game with a very particular crowd and I’m not so sure how dedicated they are to a platform or personality....
I suppose it depends on what the first few kids decide, then the rest will follow... like sheep. Mindless sheep.

 

[Spukc]

i really hope mixer start stealing those high profile streamers away
fuck twitch XD pull an epic on twitch

this shit is hilarious

 

[LuvOfThaGame]

I would check it out, but I am no ninja fan and there is literally nothing I like from twitch, like the entire fgc, on there.

If interested, the Gears ESport tournaments are really great. Gears 5 ELeague should be starting in the next few weeks.

 

[LuvOfThaGame]

I can't wait for people to stream, the stream of Stadia streaming service.


Stream

Begun, the streamers streaming stream wars has.

 

[johntown]

Obviously he was offered some pretty good deal to move. I personally wouldn't mind if Fortnite and all those types of games moved off Twitch.