Twelve hours of gaming and then a bank account that suddenly explodes: this streaming deal leaves even pros truly amazed.
Have you ever earned a million on a regular workday? No? Yeah, most of us haven’t. But for Twitch star xQc, that was exactly the reality. The former Overwatch pro recently revealed that he made a whopping 1 million US dollars for a single stream. And no, it wasn’t a marathon stretched over weeks, just one session that you could easily tackle on a very long gaming day. Wow!
The Deal Of A Lifetime?
The deal came about when Activision asked him to stream Call of Duty: Warzone. Sounds like a typical sponsorship at first, right? But what happened next is pretty wild, even by streaming standards.
In an interview, xQc was asked how much money he’d ever made from just one stream. His answer? Ads brought in over $50,000 on his best day. Pretty crazy already. Gambling once netted him around $15 million in a single day. But when it comes to a traditional sponsorship, Warzone tops the list.
Funny enough, xQc had ignored Activision’s request for most of the season. Only near the end did the publisher come back with an even more attractive offer basically saying, “Hey, we’ll just give you the rest of our budget.”
Originally, the plan was for multiple streams over two weeks. But then he got a surprise option: do it all in one day. And that’s exactly what he did. He played Warzone for around twelve hours straight and earned a flat 1 million dollars. What a sum!
xQc himself called it the biggest single sponsorship deal of his career.
From Career Setback To Streaming Giant
The story gets even crazier: the Canadian once seriously thought his career was over. After being kicked from the Overwatch League, he didn’t expect a big future in gaming.
Well, wrong. Today, he’s one of the biggest streamers in the world and can take deals most people can only dream of. Love him or hate him, one thing is clear: xQc knows exactly how to grab attention and turn it into serious cash.
And honestly, who would say no if twelve hours of gaming suddenly lands a million on the table? Probably no one. What do you think about all this? Let us know in the comments!