The streamer and YouTuber Niall “Pyrocynical” Comas has lost his partnership on Twitch. Now he claims on Twitter that nothing better could have happened to him.
The British streamer and YouTuber Niall Comas, better known by his pseudonym Pyrocynical, has been trying for months to secure a partnership with Twitch. Although he is a big name on YouTube with over 4.7 million subscribers, this process has dragged on for a long time.
Then at the beginning of 2022, he finally became a partner on the streaming platform, only to lose his status on Twitch again on May 24. He had to switch to YouTube streaming and now claims that nothing better could have happened to him.
Pyrocynical is not the first prominent streamer to have difficulties with Twitch. This video summarizes the most spectacular Twitch controversies of recent years:
Twitch gives streamer a “soft boot”
What exactly happened to him? The streamer was not banned; his channel is still online and has 269,000 followers. However, he lost the partnership with Twitch, so his “Subscriber” button is gone. He no longer earns a cent on the streaming platform. He calls it a “soft boot.”
On Twitter, he says that this boot is the best thing that could have happened to him. He claims that his viewership has quadrupled, as have his earnings. He calls it “the fattest W imaginable”:
The reason for this is known: YouTube is said to pay about twice as much as Twitch, and streamers receive 70% of the money from each subscription. On Twitch, it’s usually only 50%. For this reason, YouTube Gaming is more profitable for streamers like Ludwig:
Twitch accuses streamer of “unfair behavior” when securing the partnership
What led to the Twitch boot? In a YouTube video from May 30, he describes from his perspective what led to the boot from the Twitch partnership and how he assesses it. The video has already garnered over 1 million views:
In the email from Twitch that Pyrocynical received and reads in the video, the reason mentioned is “unfair behavior” when applying for the partnership.
Specifically, he reportedly requested a partnership from Twitch North America after having been denied this partnership by Twitch EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa). That was not acceptable, which is why the partnership was revoked.
Pyrocynical is not the first Twitch streamer to be forced to switch to YouTube. Dr Disrespect also appreciates the money rain on YouTube but particularly misses one thing about Twitch:
Dr Disrespect complains that he had it much easier on Twitch – still ends up better off on YouTube
