The Verge's senior editor: "Ninja was paid ~US$ 50 million+ to play video games exclusively on Mixer"

[Overture]

Goddamn. Good on him.

 

[AgentStrange]

Anything is possible now

 

[Ambient80]

Imagine having no discernable talent and getting that kind of money just handed to you? I renovate a house top to bottom and then go to sleep at night thinking about how I'm a fraud who doesn't deserve anything I have lol

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"No discernible talent"

lol.

 

[TheKeyPit]

Get more people into Mixer ---> provide a "Play this game now via xCloud"-button in the future, similar to what Google will do with YouTube and Stadia.

 

[Uno Venova]

Ah to be a white male streamer in this day and age.

 

[TrojanAg]

How about they put that money into some first party games instead?

 

[BowieZ]

Capitalism, buying popularity to stay afloat since 1700.

Today's episode: advertisement sales through teenage broadcaster of digital games.

 

[Astandahl]

This world is really fucked up

 

[Punished Dan]

I doubt that number.
Sure, a couple of million, but surely not $50m.

 

[Slim]

dude is set for life
i mean he already was but now his kids and their kids etc are set

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Unless they somehow manage to blow that fortune like the good ol' bankrupt stories.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

And there it is.

We live in a era where there are bidding wars for video game streamers now... is this what getting old feels like?

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Nah, remember when Disney traded a sportscaster for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit back?

 

[Strat]

"No discernible talent"

lol.

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lol so talented

 

[Earvin Infinity]

That's a pretty big investment. Let's see if it pays off for MS.

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It's going to pay off by having a ton of subscriptions to Mixer due to Halo Infinite and Fortnite. Ninja x Mixer x Halo will also open up avenues for viewers to get on Game Pass and xCloud.

 

[Ambient80]

How about they put that money into some first party games instead?

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Yeah, as we know Microsoft *definitely* hasn't been buying studios and getting them to produce new first party content.

 

[RockmanBN]

lol so talented

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What counts as being talented?

 

[flyingman]

Microsoft cancels games but gives 50M$ to a literal who.
Good job.

 

[NLCPRESIDENT]

And there it is.

We live in a era where there are bidding wars for video game streamers now... is this what getting old feels like?

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Yes. Yes I believe this is it.

 

[Maquiladora]

What a time to be alive.

 

[LegendofLex]

Thinking about how insanely lopsided the compensation scale is in the industry both for game companies and enthusiasts makes me want to quit gaming forever sometimes and take my time and money to space and pursuits where this fact isn't casting a shadow over my consumption.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Did the bourgeoisie shit in ya'll's cereal this morning or what.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Think of all the women he can pay to not stream with him now!

 

[Jakisthe]

Wow was I off.

 

[Deleted member 45414]

That's a lot of money.

 

[mr teaspoon]

dude is set for life
i mean he already was but now his kids and their kids etc are set

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Yeah, because god knows no significant amount of this money will go towards the betterment of any other thing or person on this planet.

 

[Blindy]

50 million, unreal. Great move by Ninja and his people.

 

[Firefly]

This makes my favorite hobby feel like a waste of my time :(

 

[FTF]

Holy
Shit

Oh thank god the other amount was wrong.

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wtf what was the other amount?? lol

 

[Phil me in]

They could make a great game with that money and see a return on it. What a waste of money.

 

[Strat]

What counts as being talented?

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Pretty much anything at this point.

 

[Future Gazer]

Dude gets paid more money than I could hope to earn over several lifetimes just to switch streaming platforms. FML.

 

[Ananasas]

So many salty people here, good for him I hope he continues to be successful.

 

[khamakazee]

I'm good at Solitaire, I'll play on Mixer for 5 million.

 

[BarryFishFinger]

The world's gone fucking mental. 50 million to stream games. Fair play to the guy, we'd all take that payday if we could.

 

[StiLteD]

That guy isn't remotely elaborating where he came by that figure. Neither simply stating confidential source, rumour, hypothesis or (equally likely) "tales from my arse". That's a grain of salt for me yo.

 

[RockmanBN]

Pretty much anything at this point.

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And what's the issue here?

 

[fanboi]

Ah to be a white male streamer in this day and age.

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What does that have to do with anything? Just check Lirik or Waffle.

 

[Onyar]

To compare, Messi in 2016 did 40 million from Barcelona.

 

[astro]

Imagine having no discernable talent and getting that kind of money just handed to you? I renovate a house top to bottom and then go to sleep at night thinking about how I'm a fraud who doesn't deserve anything I have lol

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No discernable talent?

 

[Duxxy3]

With that much money he should just play whatever the hell he wants.

 

[Deleted member 2109]

Lucky dude.

 

[asd202]

I wonder on how big of a minus Mixer, Xcloud and Gamepass are at the moment. There is no way those are profitable ventures at this point but MS has the money to spend. Will remain to be seen if it pay off.

 

[Fitts]

I barely knew who Ninja was yesterday. I had never heard of Mixer until yesterday.

I now feel like I know what both are. $50mil well spent.

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I still don't care about either and this is crazy to me.

 

[Orb]

From the outside it certainly doesn't seem like they will see $50MM return on this investment but maybe I'm wrong

 

[Ambient80]

lol so talented

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He very obviously has a keen business sense, and whether you like him, his gaming persona or chosen main game or not he is extremely talented at that as well, even if he isn't the best in the world any longer.

 

[MillionIII]

I'm legit shocked, that amount is absurd.

 

[Fisty]

So is this expected to move the needle for Mixer? I'm not familiar with his content, obviously MS thinks it will

 

[Strat]

And what's the issue here?

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I tried to make a joke about myself being insecure, because a goofy kid is making millions for being an ass in front of a computer and his banana riders are getting out the hooks.

 

[Blindy]

Ah to be a white male streamer in this day and age.

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Or to be an opportunistic streamer who brought in the right people(Drake, NBA and NFL stars) and hopped on the proper bandwagon before it exploded.

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

Smart move by Ninja. His Twitch viewership was already waning. Collect that ez paycheck and get on a platform where you'll have to deal with much less people.
Sigh....must be nice.

 

[Deleted member 8196]

How about they put that money into some first party games instead?

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Lol