xQc explains why Twitch\u2019s new simulcasting policy could be its downfall Twitch: xQcxQc dropped his take on Twitch\u2019s new simulcasting, or multi-casting, policy, saying that it could lead to a \u201cflip\u201d in the industry that damages Twitch\u2019s reputation as the go-to site for streaming. Twitch had previously allowed for streamers to simulcast to other platforms via mobile devices, but recently banned it for all creators, including non-affiliated streamers. While reacting to Ninja\u2019s announcement that he\u2019d begin streaming on Kick, YouTube and other alternative platforms, xQc broke down the economics behind the policy, and what it could mean for the future of the industry. xQc reacts to Ninja streaming on Kick and YouTube rather than Twitch \u201cOk, so this is a very simple economic concept that applies here. What Twitch is saying is \u2018Stream only on Twitch because you want to stream on the place that\u2019s most relevant that you can grow the most on\u2019 and people will always mostly choose Twitch. \u201cAnd as the changes go, people will multicast and say \u2018f*ck Twitch, I\u2019m going to do YouTube, Kick, TikTok, Rumble, all the other ones\u2019 and that will create a relevant switch. \u201cAt one point people will go \u2018OK, I\u2019m going to go to the most relevant one, I\u2019m definitely not going to go to Twitch anymore\u2019 when that starts shifting. That\u2019s just how that works, unfortunately.\u201d xQc also predicted that the ban on simulcasting means that Twitch ends up relying heavily on its reputation, which could backfire if they continue losing faith within the streaming industry. \u201cSo at this stage, Twitch is saying \u2018f*ck y\u2019all, use the best one which is us\u2019, but as they do that they force you to choose, and that will dwindle down slowly until it completely flips, and when that flips, it\u2019s impossible to go back. Once it flips, it\u2019s GG.\u201d For more news and updates on the backlash to Twitch from the streaming community, check out Ninja\u2019s reaction to the \u201ctone-deaf\u201d Twitch policies introduced earlier this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
xQc explains why Twitch\u2019s new simulcasting policy could be its downfall Twitch: xQcxQc dropped his take on Twitch\u2019s new simulcasting, or multi-casting, policy, saying that it could lead to a \u201cflip\u201d in the industry that damages Twitch\u2019s reputation as the go-to site for streaming. Twitch had previously allowed for streamers to simulcast to other platforms […]<\/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-65239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65239","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=65239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}