Following Shroud’s move to Mixer last week, and Ninja’s departure for the platform back in August, famed streamer Dr DisRespect has come out suggesting that Twitch has been quietly paying big names to stay on with them.

The move comes as the streaming platform giant has begun signing creators such as Nickmercs and Nickeh30 to exclusivity deals, suggesting Mixer’s move to steal their biggest stars may finally be causing Twitch to sweat a bit.

Dr Disrespect also revealed that Twitch had been paying him to stay on board, in fact receiving more than either Ninja or Shroud had in their contracts, which would make him one of the, if not the highest-paid streamer in the world by contract size.

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While having so many big names move to their platform will surely boost Microsoft’s Mixer numbers in the short term, questions still remain about long-term viability on the platform.

Ninja’s stream numbers have plummeted since he made the move several months back, currently sitting at about 7550 concurrent viewers, and while subscription numbers aren’t public on the platform, they’re likely low given most of the free one months his viewers were given when he first joined have run their course.

The highest viewed game only has 9,000 active viewers, well below the top Twitch game viewerships, so the platform still has a long way to go to catch up with Twitch.

Given it has Microsoft backing, however, it won’t be long until they’re breathing down Twitch’s neck.