Ninja Leaves Twitch - Today's Biggest News

NINJA LEAVES TWITCH
In what could be the biggest streaming move ever, Fortnite star Ninja is ditching Twitch to stream exclusively with Microsoft's Mixer.
The news has rocked the gaming world, especially because Mixer's not that popular. It's a deal rumoured to be worth millions. Let's take a look.
That's Tyler Blevins, AKA Ninja, AKA the world's most popular streamer.
It may be a fake press conference, but it's massive news.
Ninja is worth millions. He skyrocketed to fame playing Fortnite on streaming platform Twitch.
Twitch, owned by Amazon, is the world's largest streaming platform. It's got 72 per cent of all hours watched.
Ninja's 14.7 million followers easily made him their most popular and most profitable user, known for breaking the record of most-watched stream when he played Fortnite with Drake and Travis Scott.
He's going to the much less popular Mixer, owned by Microsoft, apparently for a bucket load of cash. In comparison, Mixer's got just 3 per cent of that viewing time.
Ninja's move has massively overshadowed the release of Fortnite Season 10 and there's a lot of speculation it could bring more big streamers to Mixer.
Regardless, Ninja says his game play isn't changing.
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