Ninja makes a surprise return to YouTube after Microsoft shuts down Mixer

Tyler Blevins, better kwn in online gaming community as Ninja, shared a cryptic tweet recently that many believed to hint at some kind of a big anuncement around his next major contract with ar streaming platform after surprise closure of Mixer. Instead, popular streamer entered a new YouTube venture as he went live on video-sharing platform and started a Fortnite stream alongside Dr Lupo, TimTatman, and Cour. He also promised his ardent fans to bring more streams sooner rar than later.

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It is t kwn if this is some kind of an exclusive deal with YouTube, or if Ninja will actually feature on or online game streaming services, like Twitch, as well. His recent Fortnite gameplay stream was his first-ever on YouTube. You can check out video here:

While Blevins has promised to make more such videos on YouTube, it doesn’t necessarily indicate a permanent shift to platform. In fact, Esports consultant Rod Breslau recently revealed that popular streamer is already in negotiations with some streaming services, although an exclusive deal has t been signed yet.

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Ninja is among biggest streamers right w and is effectively proving his credibility and reach in world of online gaming. Soon after he went live on YouTube, he was able to attract over 160,000 concurrent viewers. And while numbers dropped as he went deeper into gameplay, that’s still a huge number and shows that he still holds plenty of star power in community.

Ninja’s move from Twitch to Mixer came in August 2019 in an exclusive live-streaming deal that was worth a reported $20-30 million. massive deal gave rise to a battle for top streaming stars between platforms like Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and Facebook Gaming. When Microsoft first anunced closure of its video game live streaming platform, it anunced a new deal with Facebook Gaming that would allow game streamers to keep ir partner status on ar platform. Following move, Ninja and ar popular streamer called "Shroud" were reportedly offered contracts by Facebook that were worth almost double ir last multimillion-dollar deals with Mixer, however, y are said to have declined offer.

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