Two of the biggest streamer on Mixer , Shroud and Ninja , werehigh - profile acquisitionsfor the platform in its former solar day . Their exclusive contract with Mixer did a just job in draw attention to the fledgling cyclosis platform , though it clear was n’t enough to elevate Mixer to the stratum of its rival . Now , Mixer is shut down , and neither Ninja nor Shroud are concerned in have an sole declaration with Facebook Gaming .

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Ninja and Shroud prefer not to continue their contract with Mixer and take a chance onFacebook Gaming , thus forcing Microsoft to buy out their contract . As a result , Shroud was pay $ 10 million , and Ninja scored an astounding $ 30 million payday , just to be released from their Mixer contract bridge . This information was reported by esports insider Rob Breslau , well know as Slasher onTwitter .

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Microsoft ’s financial loss is the gain of Ninja and Shroud . On one hand , it ’s easy to pick at the two streamers for making such an raunchy amount of money fromMicrosoft ’s poor patronage decisions , but then again , the poor decision were Microsoft ’s to make . perhaps if they drop more money on develop their platform instead of securing high - profile exclusive " fame , " Mixer would have get along better in the long run . It also raises the question of whether Microsoft should have wait for their contract to expire before decide to close down the service . With that in mind , it picture how much money Microsoft may have been lose on Mixer if they chose to throw away$40 million on Ninja and Shroudrather than keep the platform active .

For now , Twitch remains the undisputed platform of pick for both popular streamers and casual hobbyists likewise . YouTube is 2d blank space , but it ’s not even close . In the font of the overwhelming popularity of Twitch , Mixer did n’t stand a opportunity . Facebook Gaming needs to allow for a radically unlike experience for streamers and viewers like if it require to jerk the trend . If Facebook Gaming just copies those other weapons platform , it offers nothing new to sway player and audiences away from the overwhelming dominance of Twitch and YouTube .

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reference : Slasher

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