What I tried to say was, if you have an employee who yields you half a million each month, you're probably not gonna fire him if he says "hey im gonna take off

What I tried to say was, if you have an employee who yields you half a million each month, you're probably not gonna fire him if he says "hey im gonna take off tomorrow". But yes, they obviously can just not stream for a single day, but it costs him. According to the article, not streaming a day looses him 15,000 subs (assuming the default cut of 50% of 5$) thats 37k lost, per day, and it adds up. Ninja seems to be aware that his stream wont live forever, that his fame is on a timer, like anyone on the internet. So he's trying to save up as much money as he can, to support his family after his fame dies down. Lets be generous and assume $200k spent per year for rent/mortage, food and all that fun stuff. A day streaming means he has 2 months less buffer, before his money would run out. 4 Months, if you're spending 100k a year. Choosing between 1 day of work, and 4 months of work, seems pretty easy to me, even if that single day sucks.