Yet another Twitch streamer has chosen to leave the popular platform for Microsoft's competing service, Mixer. Cory "KingGothalion" Michael, a Destiny 2 streamer with over 1 million followers, announced on Sunday that he'll begin streaming on Mixer at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.
This announcement comes on the heels of two other big-name streamers, Ninja and Shroud, that have abandoned Twitch for Microsoft's service, as part of what appears to be a major push by Microsoft to make a dent in Twitch's streaming dominance.
As of Sunday afternoon, over 16,000 of his fans have followed KingGothalion to Mixer, a number that will only increase in the next few days.
"Change is scary, I know that. I know that some of you might not initially come over for the move," KingGothalian said.
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KingGothalion, who has been streaming on Twitch since 2013, made the announcement in a live stream that he shared on Twitter. In the video, he said that the choice to move to Mixer was easier than he expected -- in no small part because he feels a partnership with Microsoft will give his channel the opportunity to do more of the things that he thinks it's important for the channel to take part in.
"I sat down thinking this would be a tough decision, but honestly, it felt kinda easy-peasy," he said in the video. "It's my belief that working closer with XBox and Microsoft is not only gonna help us propel what we're doing, but also propel what's always been kinda important to the channel, which is doing good in gaming."
KingGothalion says that the partnership will help him continue raising money for charity, putting on events like GuardianCon and GCS, and helping other broadcasters. He says he'll also be part of helping make changes to Mixer to help it grow into a better platform for viewers.
"It just made sense to have a partnership like this one, where I get to have the potential of having platform-level input, as well as the backing of one of the biggest names in gaming in Xbox," KingGothalion said. "It's just incredible."
He says that despite his channel becoming Mixer-exclusive. he'll still be heard in streams on other non-mixer platforms, which will presumably include Twitch.
Whether or not the exodus of some high-profile streamers will give Mixer the push it needs to compete remains to be seen.