And it’s not even an exclusive deal—he’ll still be streaming on Twitch, too.
report says Felix Lengyel, the streamer better known as xQc, has signed a deal with Twitch rival Kick worth $70 million over two years, with incentives that could push the total value of the deal up to $100 million in total.
"Kick is allowing me to try and do things I haven’t been able to before," xQc said."I'm extremely excited to take this opportunity and maximize it into new creative and fresh ideas over coming years."xQc’s agent, Ryan Morrison, told PC Gamer that he believes the streamer’s contract with Kick is “one of the top 25 talent deals of all time period, including sports.”
What makes the deal even more astonishing is that it's not exclusive: xQc can continue streaming on other platforms, and in fact he still plans to maintain a presence on Twitch, although not to the extent that he has until now. In terms of audience size, Kick is much smaller than Twitch, but it pays a much better rate: Where Twitch takes a 50% cut from most of its streamers , Kick takes only 5%. It's also much more permissive about certain content: While Twitch has very tight guidelines on gambling streams, Kick has an entire category dedicated to it.
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