As more advancements in technology are made, more and more companies create products and services to compete with each other. One of those advancements are living streaming platforms. In recent news, a famous streamer moves to Facebook (FB ) Gaming, a new platform to the live streaming war. Facebook Gaming was launched in 2018.
Last Friday, the social media company announced that a Canadian native named Jeremy Wang, better known as DisguisedToast, will be moving to Facebook Gaming. Jeremy Wang is a Twitch (AMZN ) streamer with more than a million followers. He is known for streaming games like Hearthstone and Teamfight Tactics. This milestone means that Facebook Gaming required its first major English-speaking streamer. Wang's first stream on the platform was set for November 22 at 3 P.M. ET. This change was a big blow to competitors such as Amazon-owned Twitch and Google's (GOOGL ) YouTube, two services that Wang once used in the past.
According to the deal made between Jeremy Wang and Facebook Gaming, Wang now will be live streaming his game play exclusively to Facebook Gaming. Wang posted a departure video on Twitter (TWTR ) telling his fans about the move. Along with this news, Wang also revealed that he was given a $20,000 production budget to make the announcement, but instead of using it on his streaming news, he decided to donate the money to Los Angeles Children's Hospital. Wang did not disclose much information about the change and why he was making it. However, later down the line, Wang stated to CNN Business, "I've received an offer from every major streaming platform but decided to go with Facebook because I believe it has the most explosive potential. It's always a risk to move platforms but my research has made me confident in my choice." Wang believes that with his move to Facebook, he will be able to access a larger, more global audience.
Streamers moving from the living streaming services that gave them popularity has been happening more and more. In August, a popular Fortnite streamer named Ninja left Twitch for an exclusive deal with Microsoft's (MSFT ) Mixer. Shroud, another popular player, jumped over to Mixer from Twitch in October. At the start of this month, CouRage, a Call of Duty streamer, went to YouTube after leaving Twitch behind. Twitch increased lost in streamers can be contributed to a rise in bans that are not explained or justified. Twitch is also known to be very lenient to popular content creators whereas other platforms are believed to support its users both popular and small-time. With this knowledge on the rise, it's likely that more and more streamers will look to make a move.