“This is my decision, this is the best decision, and I am doing it, you know what I’m saying?” he told fans.
They most likely know their viewership will decline when they moved to a new platform, although they probably hope a healthy percentage of fans would follow.Īt the end of October, when shroud had already seen his viewer counts and statistics for the month, he released a statement where he said switching to Mixer was “the best move” for his career. It’s safe to assume that big name streamers like Ninja and shroud understand that their follower and viewer count would be larger on Twitch, where there are more users in general. But do the shrinking viewership numbers mean that moving to Mixer was a bad idea? Of course, the novelty of the move wears off after a bit. His first Mixer stream was seen by over 95,000 viewers.
When he moved to Mixer in August, the Fortnite superstar saw his follower and viewer count surge. This was similar to Tyler “Ninja” Blevin’s experience switching to Microsoft’s competing streaming platform.
