Mixer co-founder Matt Salsamendi said in an interview this weekend that he agrees with Microsoft’s decision to shut down the game streaming service. His main concern is the people who trusted Mixer.
“It is a big problem for the community that broadcasts every day or depends as a business on what Mixer did,” he told Geekwire. “For many people, there is a lot of uncertainty. So if there is any sadness or frustration on my part, I wish there was a way to have more information and notice it. But at the end of the day, it’s hard to look back and be upset where it ended up going. “
Salsamendi co-founded a game streaming service called Beam with James Boehm in 2016 when he was just 18 years old. And after Microsoft acquired it later that year, the company renamed Beam to Mixer in 2017. Microsoft hired Boehm and Salsamendi at the time, but they both left the company in October 2019.
The Geekwire story notes that Salsamendi “agrees with Microsoft’s decision, given the competitive challenges Mixer faced and the investment it required.”
“The success of Partners and streamers in Mixer depends on our ability to scale service for them as quickly and comprehensively as possible,” wrote Xbox Microsoft chief Phil Spencer in the blog post announcing the shutdown of Mixer. “It became clear that the time it took to grow our own live streaming community at scale was out of the question with the vision and experiences we want to offer players now, so we have decided to close down the Mixer operations side. and helping the community transition to a new platform. “Unfortunately, that platform is owned by Facebook, one of the most vilified companies in technology.
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