Last year, he told The New York Times that he played Fortnite Battle Royale, the popular fight-to-the-death video game, for 10 hours every day, streaming to fans and responding to questions. Tyler Blevins, known by his online persona Ninja, revealed that 70 per cent of this income came from people viewing his Twitch or YouTube channel, with the rest coming from sponsors. Mixer, with its direct connection to Xbox — both are owned by Microsoft — has a generally more youthful audience because younger gamers are more likely to play on consoles than personal computers, he said. Many streamers make a full-time living playing games from paid channel subscriptions and viewer donations. Voucher Codes.