Ninja Is a Streaming Free Agent!

Streaming star Ninja, hovers over YouTube on his way to the next big deal!

As Microsoft announces the shut-down of Mixer, its twitch-equivalent, famous gaming star and streaming pro, Ninja is left without a home. He was the first major star to change from Twitch to Mixer. And as he finds another home for his streaming, he gave fans a free trial, with a live stream on YouTube recently. Although critics are skeptical of his skills with claims of his “prime” being over, the pro gamer can still rope in a vast virtual crowd because of his fan following.

150,000 hits within 20 minutes

In the first 20 minutes of him being streaming on youtube, 150,000 people joined from the world over. Now, agreed at one point, he could’ve done more than that, and the numbers fell to 120,000 after some time. But neither is more than his required nor necessary to prove his rad skills are still present.

Putting himself out there

The YouTube stream by Ninja was an advertisement of sorts. He’s not going to end up streaming on YouTube and will find a new place soon. But when you’re a free agent, you have to market yourself well; otherwise, the price is profoundly affected. Esports consultant Rod Breslau stated that he’s still in the talking stage with multiple streaming platforms without a deal in ink as of yet.

And with the ramblings that Microsoft wasn’t satisfied with the numbers that he put up in Mixer, he has to prove to the gaming community, that he is still, after all, the great Ninja. And he did just that for his over a hundred thousand concurrent viewers and fans on his YouTube stream.

The Mixer was a big deal to start with

Ninja streamed on Twitch where he shot to fame before moving to Microsoft’s Mixer. His deal last August began a fight for the best streaming talents amongst the streaming providers, Twitch, Mixer, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming. His contract was reported to be around $20-30 million.

Shroud followed suit

When back in August, Ninja moved to Mixer, his friend, and fellow pro streamer, Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek followed him to the new streaming service. As Microsoft was closing it, they announced that streamers could retain their partner status on a different platform. Facebook gaming even reportedly offered both Shroud and Ninja double the multi-million dollar deals they had. But they both have refused this deal.

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