One of Twitch’s most popular streamers, xQc, has revealed what it would take for him to leave the most popular game streaming platform behind and join YouTube Gaming. Game streaming has become a massive industry where the platforms are owned by the world’s largest tech giants and compete against each other for talent. According to the Canadian streamer, it would take $1 billion for YouTube to acquire a five-talent cast including himself fromTwitch.
The battle between the streaming platforms has been fierce for years, and YouTube would likely love to have some of Twitch’s more popular streamers switch platforms. In fact, some popular streamers have recently left Twitch to exclusively stream on other platforms. Variety streamerFuslie signed an exclusive deal with YouTubeand is the latest one to leave Twitch behind. Even controversial figures like xQc would bring more credibility to Google’s offering which is still far from catching up to Twitch.
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During one of his latest streams, the formerprofessionalOverwatchplayer drafts a quick deal that Google could use to lure him and a few of his friends to YouTube. This Microsoft Paint contract includes him and four of his Twitch buddies Poke, Jesse, Adin, and Kai Cenat. According to xQc, this talent pool is worth a whopping $1 billion. Furthermore, this needs to be delivered in one neat lump sum, not over years of streaming.
In addition to streamers choosing YouTube over Twitch, some of the biggest names in the business have taken time off Amazon’s platform recently. BothPokimane and Ninja are taking breaks, which could perhaps create room for Google to lure them with hefty bonuses or new challenges. In Ninja’s case, this could be a little far-fetched, though, since the Mixer detour might be too fresh in his memory.
