What Ninja Streaming on All Platforms Means for Twitch's Future

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The future of livestreaming giantTwitch​​​​​​ looks uncertain as various controversies push content creators away from streaming on the website. One of the main factors is a revenue change that sees Twitch move away from its 70/30 pay split to a lower 50/50 for high-profile streamers. While popular streamer Tyler «Ninja» Blevins already announced he would be streaming on a variety of platforms prior to Twitch's changes, it's uncertain what this will mean for the platform overall.

Twitch reassessing its monetary policy has not been a welcome decision for most, especially considering the Amazon-owned site's massive growth over the past couple of years. With some of its top performers including Ninja either diversifying across other websites or leaving the platform altogether, it's hard to determine what will become of Twitch if it can't retain the major names that helped make famous.

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This isn't the first time Ninja has left Twitch, though this new situation will still see him active on the platform. However, his plan to stream «everywhere» is a move that Amazon can't possibly be happy with, as most platforms prefer that their influencers and streamers create content exclusively for them.

The change in monetization has already seen many streamers announcing that they are leaving Twitch for YouTube, joining others who have already found financial security contracts with the Google-owned website. CodeMiko is one of the latest to declare that she'll be leaving Twitch for YouTube, directly citing these revenue changes alongside the likes of Ludwig, Sykunno, and more.

Twitch has long received backlash for giving streamers' unstable income, as a lot of what they make