Ninja explains why he returned to Twitch instead of joining YouTube Twitch: NinjaMonths after the Mixer shutdown and a supposed bidding war to claim one of gaming\u2019s biggest celebrities, Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins has revealed why he settled on a return to Twitch over a new home at YouTube. [jwplayer QIWQDyD7] Ninja has long-been one of the biggest personalities in the gaming industry. As a result, it\u2019s no surprise that every major streaming platform was trying to place the highest bid and recruit him under their banners. Months after the shocking Mixer shutdown, Ninja\u2019s next move was still up in the air. A mysterious YouTube stream had fans believing that he\u2019d just revealed his new home, though an eventual Twitch deal completely changed the narrative. So what happened in this period of relative silence? It turns out that Ninja was simply weighing his options. As his close friends like Jack \u2018CouRage\u2019 Dunlop made the move to YouTube, to \u201cavoid the pressures\u201c of Twitch\u2019s Subscriber system, Ninja was close to joining him. \u201cWere you thinking about seriously going on YouTube?\u201d Fortnite content creator Lachlan Power asked during a recent Duo session. \u201cWe were highly considering it,\u201d Ninja quickly responded. \u201cIt was a lifestyle thing at that point.\u201d \u201cNo matter what, that transition at the start is always going to be super difficult,\u201d he acknowledged. Regardless of where he ended up, he knew it would be challenging after representing Mixer for as long as he did. However, his sights seemed to have been set back on Twitch all along. \u201cTwitch is streaming right now. If I do amazing things for gaming and for streaming, I think it would have more of an impact if done on Twitch.\u201d That\u2019s not to say his impact would have been reduced had he joined YouTube instead, it just comes with a different label altogether, according to Ninja. \u201cWhen someone says \u2018you\u2019re my favorite YouTuber,\u2019 almost no one ever means your streams on YouTube. They think of your YouTube videos. \u201cIt\u2019s just the news in general. No one ever reports on a YouTuber getting a million live viewers or raising millions of dollars for charity,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut when someone like Logan Paul f***s up, it\u2019s YouTuber this, YouTuber that.\u201d The relevant section begins at the 1:13 mark below. Obviously, a few other minor factors weighed on the decision. From the lack of a proper clipping tool, to the entire notion of gifted subs, a huge revenue stream for content creators, Ninja still believes they have a ways to go. \u201cCompetition is great for everyone,\u201d he assured. While Twitch is \u2018the\u2019 home for streamers in Ninja\u2019s eyes, things could always change down the line as YouTube continues to evolve its own streaming service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja explains why he returned to Twitch instead of joining YouTube Twitch: NinjaMonths after the Mixer shutdown and a supposed bidding war to claim one of gaming\u2019s biggest celebrities, Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins has revealed why he settled on a return to Twitch over a new home at YouTube. [jwplayer QIWQDyD7] Ninja has long-been one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}