The launch of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:World of Warcraft: Classic has been surprisingly popular so far, with long queue times as players log onto busy servers, and them, Tyler “Ninja෴” Blevins is also enjoying the game for the first time.
While Ninja is most well known for his 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fortnite streaming content, it seems that some of his friends finally convinced him to try out Classic. Despite having never played the original ga💮me, his tweet on the matter seems to indicate that he may be returning to Azeroth often:
Ninja is no stranger to the MMORPGs, though not with WoW. In the past, Ninja has had experience with both 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Wars: The Old Republic and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy XI. It appears that friend and fellow Fortnite streamer Ben “DrLupo” Lupo is the individual we have to thank for convincing Ninja to have WoW a try. A quick warning to readers, as Ninja did not realize he was on speaker phone and uses some NSFW language as he finally gives in to th🎐e request to try out the gam꧂e.
The news of Ninja’s arrival in WoW: Classic comes at an interesting time, because as many have expected, his deal with Microsoft to leave Twitch and join Mixer comes with agreements to focus on certain games as they release. Later today, Ninja will be playing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Gears 5 in a sneak peak at the campaign mode of the gam♔e. Would he be playing were it not for the Miꩲcrosoft deal? Probably not, but such is the life of corporate sponsorship.
Since Ninja joined Mixer, no other streamers hav🌳e been brought over in similar deals from Twitch. Perhaps Microsoft considers Ninja to be a sufficient powerhouse to attract attention onto their games by himself.
Still, that Ninja is promoting Gears 5 makes us wonder if the other big names in gaming will do the same. With Sony and Nintendo making exclusive content for their consoles, it would make perfect sense to capitalize on the relatively new influence of streamers to promote a game. Imagine if Dr. DisRespect were paid to promote the next 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War title, including thematic face war-paint, but still with 𓄧all his normal tactical gear.
Partnerships for promoting games would also help avoid certain embarrassments, like when popular 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Teamfight Tactics’ streamer Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang returned a promotional card reveal to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Blizzard for their 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hearthstone expansion. We appear to be in the earliest stages of having popular streamers play games through specific partnerships, and it should surprise no one to see more deals like what Ninja has in the near future, especially as the next-generation consoles for Sony and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Microsoft near release in 2020.
Whether or not Ninja and other popular streamers stick with WoW: Classic is yet to be seen, but so far the launching of the fifteen year old game has certainly hit all the right notes with fans of the original game. At the very least, it is proving that not all players demand quick leveling and instant gratification th𝓀at seems🗹 to flood other MMO games.
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