One of the most followed instavideasts in the world, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, originally from Laval, leaves the Twitch platform to join his rival Kick in signing the most lucrative contract in the history of the profession.
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According to what his agent, Ryan Morrison, said in an interview with the New York Timeshis two-year contract is reportedly valued at $70 million with incentives that could push the total up to $100 million.
Félix Lengyel will therefore be better paid than LeBron James, who signed a two-year contract extension last August worth $ 97 million with the Los Angeles Lakers.
“It’s one of the highest deals in entertainment, period,” says Morrison.
For several years, Félix Lengyel has been doing live broadcasts intertwining conversations, video games and reactions to other videos on the Twitch platform, where he has more than 65,000 paying subscribers.
It streams content several times a week, often for more than 10 hours a day.
Last month, “xQc” was the second most watched person on Twitch with a total of 10.3 million hours watched.
This change of platform comes as Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, finds itself in many controversies, being criticized by its members for its lack of listening and communication.
For its part, Kick is a broadcasting platform launched in the last year and largely financed by online gambling websites.