There is movement in the streaming scene. A new competitor to Twitch with strong gambling ties is poaching some of Twitch’s biggest streamers. Twitch also has to worry about Twitch’s MMORPG giants, Asmongold (WoW, Diablo 4). For him it doesn’t seem to be a question of whether he switches, only how much money he gets for a switch.
This is the situation:
“It depends how much”
Asmongold says: The popular streamer made some hints on June 17, after xQc’s move, that he was extremely busy and had a lot of things to take care of, a lot of conversations to have.
Finally he said:
Are we changing platforms? Many people have asked me if I go somewhere else. People ask me all the time. Hmm… it depends how much. So, you know, let’s see what happens. So yes. I mean I don’t know. We’ll see what happens.
Those are the promises: Even if Asmongold is still adamant about a clear answer, he makes two promises to his viewers in case he changes:
That’s behind it: This is the same answer that all major streamers actually give, MontanaBlack answered very similarly.
It boils down to the streamers saying, “Yes, I might switch, but the money has to be right.” After all, Twitch is a secure source of income thanks to the Prime subscriptions and regular viewers. When streamers leave this safe haven and head into uncharted waters, a real chunk of money is said to be waiting. Preferably so much money that it changes your life forever and there is no risk.
The tweet came immediately after the deal with xQc was announced:
With this answer, “It depends on how much you offer me”, the streamers leave all options open and want to increase their market value. Ultimately, streamers are me-AGs and look closely at what the competition is doing and who earns how much.
If Asmongold knows that xQc is committed to the service Kick for $70 million and worth $30 million in bonus, he will also use that as a benchmark when negotiating with Kick himself.
There’s money in the air right now, everyone can see that, including Asmongold.
. Kick has been working on Asmongold for a long time anyway:
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