Ninja Leaving Twitch for Microsoft's Mixer
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, the Twitch streamer who made a name for himself playing Fortnite before becoming one of the biggest names video games, has announced that he's leaving Twitch, the platform that made him a star, for Mixer, Microsoft's streaming service. If you're unfamiliar with Mixer, don't feel bad. It launched under the name "Beam" in 2016, before an unceremonious rebranding to the even more ambiguous title "Mixer" the following year.
Ninja announced his departure from Twitch on Twitter. In a video in which he takes questions from himself and a Red Bull refrigerator, Blevins explains that the change is a "good chance to get back in touch with his roots and remember why [he] fell in love with streaming in the first place."
In a followup video, Ninja continued to claim that joining Microsoft's streaming service, was a way to get back to his roots--because nothing says shedding yourself of the responsibilities of stardom quite like taking an exclusive streaming contract from the second largest company in the world.
Ninja did promise that streams would remain largely the same in his follow-up video, so fans of Fortnite and kooky hair can rest easy.
In a statement to the Verge, Twitch said, "We’ve loved watching Ninja on Twitch over the years and are proud of all that he’s accomplished for himself and his family, and the gaming community. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors."
So if you want to continue following Ninja, it's probably time that you signed up for Mixer. If not, you'll have to wait for YouTube's next Rewind video to see Ninja again.
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暗黑使者 Darkness
that's mean no more fortnite or something？
PYRO
You know, as much as I would also scoff at the idea of this exclusivity deal as a way to "get back to his roots"…..I think there's more truth to it than people realise, and it all has to do with a man named "Master Chief"!
Yeah, little known fact about Ninja was that before he was a Fortnite streamer, he was a Halo player, and not just small time even. He was MLG'ing it up during the near-golden age of 2009 all the way up to the "Can you just port it already, shiiiit" days of 2017. I know it sounds like a conspiracy theory, but having an extremely well known & talented player of a Microsoft property playing exclusively on a Microsoft owned streaming platform is a massive coup for the company.
I cannot wait to see the increase in sales for the MCC when it comes out on Steam, mostly so that I can stove their heads in with three shots of the DMR. GOD I've missed that weapon…the make up sex is gonna be loud.
digital_m3m3
I'll be supercombine headshotting these noobs with the needle rifle alongside you, brother!
Nedhitis
Getting back to his roots..? Oh, cool, I definitely miss him yelling at random kids, questioning their gender for having a squeaky voice and getting legitimately mad even when not playing competitively with any stakes. Those were the good-old days.
Mzuark
This but unironically. I'd rather Ninja be a cunt openly than a smarmy douchebag.
Pat
Local man does thing for more money, applies emotional excuse as main reason instead, more news at 9.
Mario94
This works extremely well in municipal politics, too. See: why the sports teams don't have to pay for their own stuff.
IAmTheDanger
In the future, I hope people understand this is why the big political backlash of the 2010s happened. Celebrities preaching honesty while trying to sell us useless trash was the last straw for many people to turn on them.