After coming back to Twitch a few days ago, popular Halo-esports-player-turned-Fortnite-streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced that “a new chapter” will begin “only on Twitch.” Ninja left Twitch last year when he signed a $30 million deal to stream full-time on the Microsoft-owned Mixer platform. After Mixer was suddenly shut down on June, Ninja, along with several other prominent streamers such as Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, were basically left in the dust.
Last month Shroud went back to Twitch. And after previously seen streaming on YouTube for some time, Ninja went back to his “home” as well on August 5th.
A new chapter, only on @Twitch pic.twitter.com/cv2qFFFI0p
— Ninja (@Ninja) September 10, 2020
When Blevins decided to move to Mixer, most of his Twitch viewers didn’t follow him, but instead, other streamers ended up giving Mixer a try. While it opens up a new opportunity for new players trying to build their own community, the lack of viewership seemed to be Mixer’s undoing. On the site, Mixer blog post discussed the reasoning behind the platform’s departure as:
