The main difference here is that "influencers" needs influence in order to create content, because in order to get brand and travel deals so they can afford to

The main difference here is that "influencers" needs influence in order to create content, because in order to get brand and travel deals so they can afford to show of luxury goods they first need a following. Gaming content can however be created by anyone, just start recording when you play games and you now create content. Then if enough people watch your content you now make enough money to live doing this, since it costs you nothing but time to do you can reach that point with a very modest amount of income. And since it is so easy to start doing it the only thing differentiating a top gaming channel from a bottom one is the quality of its content.