Many smaller Twitch streamers have expressed outrage over a Blizzard-hosted online event due to worries that it unfairly excludes them.
According to PC Gamer, Blizzard is teaming up with a few streamers for the Support a Streamer Twitch event to promote the release of the Overwatch 2 beta, which will replace the original game in October. The event will give away an exclusive Brigitte skin. Some of the most popular Twitch channels, like xQc, Asmongold, and TPAIN, are among the more than 150 streamers taking part. However, a lot of the smaller streamers are upset about this list.
Many people believe that the Support a Streamer campaign ignores much smaller streamers who might benefit from the support in favor of giving more money to well-known, wealthy streamers.
Despite the fact that Gwadael has been streaming the game since 2018 and spends 15 to 20 hours per week playing it, Blizzard has never gotten in touch with her.
While the channel is live streaming Overwatch, viewers must donate at least three subscriptions to one of the participants in order to receive the Brigitte skin. They will then receive a code from Twitch that can be used on Battle.net.
The problem is that Twitch streamers will receive 50% of the proceeds from each $4.99 subscription, which is also one of the reasons why many small streamers are upset. You can see how much money a well-known streamer could make when you combine that with someone like Asmongold, who has more than 3.3 million Twitch followers, especially since the latter is probably not in need of such earnings.
Overwatch 2 and its Support a Streamer event have become just another thorn in the side of controversy involving Blizzard and its parent company Activision Blizzard after losing nearly all of its audience a week after the beta’s release.
This has included everything from Diablo Immortal‘s pay-to-win design making it the most despised game in decades to a number of lawsuits alleging harassment at the Activision Blizzard workplace in recent months. Due to these problems, many formerly ardent followers of well-known Blizzard titles like World of Warcraft and StarCraft have abandoned the developer.
From June 29 to July 30, there will be a promotion called Support a Streamer.