Top streamers are saying \u201cTwitch is done\u201d after xQc Kick deal xQc | TwitterAfter xQc signed a massive deal with Kick, some of the top streamers on Twitch and beyond aren\u2019t optimistic about Twitch\u2019s future. For a while, Twitch was the premiere livestreaming platform. It exploded in popularity in the late 2010s and only further grew in 2020, partially due to people having to find something to do while being forced indoors. However, the livestreaming giant has had competitors pop up as of late, vying to create a thriving livestreaming platform of their own. And, while YouTube has been competing with Twitch for years, Kick has come out of nowhere in recent times and signed some massive streamers. With xQc, a streamer who consistently pulls tens of thousands of live viewers, signing with Kick, other top streamers in the space are convinced this could be the final nail in the coffin for Twitch. Streamers say \u201cTwitch is done\u201d after xQc Kick deal Considering xQc\u2019s status on Twitch, it\u2019s no surprise that getting him off the platform came at a high price. That combined with people calling out Twitch for the Partner plus program\u2019s implementation and the recent controversy around their since-rescinded set of rules about \u201cburned-in\u201d advertisements has rubbed many streamers the wrong way. It\u2019s at the point where some of the internet\u2019s top streamers are uncertain about the future of Twitch. Mizkif kept it simple by saying \u201cTwitch is done\u201d a short time after news of the xQc deal broke. While he doesn\u2019t pull the numbers xQc does, OTK is one of the biggest organizations in the livestreaming space, and all of the streamers with the org call that platform their home. However, OTK also called out Twitch following the ad changes and threatened to leave the platform if things didn\u2019t change. While they\u2019ve stuck around, it\u2019s hard to say how long they\u2019ll stay. Asmongold tweeted at Kick following the announcement. If this is more than a tease and he were to make the switch, that\u2019d be yet another streamer that pulls in tens of thousands of viewers on Twitch off the platform. MoistCr1TiKaL also chimed in by taking a jab at Twitch. It\u2019s hard to say what the future holds with Twitch or whether or not they\u2019ll hit back at Kick by signing more streamers into exclusivity contracts with the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Top streamers are saying \u201cTwitch is done\u201d after xQc Kick deal xQc | TwitterAfter xQc signed a massive deal with Kick, some of the top streamers on Twitch and beyond aren\u2019t optimistic about Twitch\u2019s future. For a while, Twitch was the premiere livestreaming platform. It exploded in popularity in the late 2010s and only further […]<\/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-61893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61893","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=61893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}