Twitch’s biggest streamer, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, is contracting with the company’s newest competitor, Kick, a streaming platform that offers a better revenue split and also seems to focus on online gambling. This non-exclusive deal is worth up to $100 million over two years and is the latest and biggest blow to Twitch as creator discontent continues to grow.
like first reported by New York Times, the deal will pay out $35 million annually, with $30 million in additional incentives available if xQc meets certain standards. EQUAL Dexerto shownthis would make it the 12th largest annual payout in all of sports, putting xQc ahead of Kevin Durant.
Kick is a streaming platform startup funded by online gambling company including Easygo Gaming and Stake.com. After Twitch’s crackdown About gambling ads last fall, the platform attracted big names like Adin Ross, BruceDropEmOff, and Trainwreckstv with lax rules and a 5/95 revenue split for creators. It’s not yet clear if Kick will be profitable or how it’s intended to be, but it has managed to benefit from the backlash against Twitch as the Amazon-owned platform has sought to Actively earn more content creators for it.
ONE “Twitch’s child” raised in his often malicious chat, xQc begins in the world of League of Legends before switching to guardbriefly competed in Blizzard’s Overwatch League before being dropped from Dallas Fuel after a long hiatus mass suspensions for offensive comments. He transitioned to becoming a full-time content creator in 2018, with a combination of high-level play, unfiltered commentary, and a taste for endless controversy making him the most watched streamers on Twitch in 2021.
By 2022, leaks reveal that xQc has earned 8 million USD from registration on the platform. That same year, he passed away 1.8 million USD in a month from online gambling. While his contract with Kick doesn’t prevent him from streaming on Twitch, there are then rules against simulated broadcasting, making it unclear how much time xQc will still spend on the platform. he became a star for the first time. location.
“It’s Time,” xQc tweeted on June 16, when his new partnership with Kick was announced. The post includes a video promising his content won’t change on the new platform. Right below that is a retweets show support for the Nickmercs live streamer, who was recently criticized for making anti-LGBTQ+ comments.
