The platform has been bleeding talent for quite some time.
It's no secret that retaining Pokimane is a significant victory for Twitch. More details regarding the giveaway will be available soon on Pokimane's social media accounts and Twitch channel. Pokimane landed on the Tesla Model 3 and planned to cover taxes, bringing the total to around $116K USD. However, she hesitated slightly, knowing that the winner would have to pay taxes on the vehicle. The giveaway is for a Tesla Model 3 valued at $50K USD. She said on her stream that she would not disclose the length of her deal or compensation for apparent reasons. The terms of Pokimane's Twitch contract are unclear. As a result, she felt it would be difficult to walk away from Twitch, given her exposure and their deal. Pokimane referenced her tenure with Twitch since she started streaming at age 17. Pokimane criticized YouTube's lack of community and sub-par chat functions, pointing out that she does not watch creators that have since moved from Twitch to YouTube apart from Valkyrae. “There's no community like the Twitch community,” she said, later adding that re-signing with Twitch allows her to remain relevant on all platforms, including YouTube, instead of relegating herself to streaming on YouTube and having no presence on Twitch. Pokimane gave insight into her decision on her live stream. She also revealed the previously mentioned Tesla giveaway-a blatant dig at YouTube's recent signings, which featured red cars representing their website and purple cars for Twitch.
The announcement came via Twitter Pokimane stated she had chosen to re-sign with Twitch. Instead of choosing between a red or purple car, I'M GIVING ONE AWAY 😎Īnd as always, 💜 /UrTBpYgBvT Pokimane Explains Decision to Stay with Twitch Pokimane plans to give away a brand new Tesla to one lucky winner to celebrate her decision. It's unclear what offers were on the table from YouTube or Facebook Gaming if any. The speculation ended today-Pokimane announced that she had signed a new deal to remain on Twitch.
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