Beloved Gaming Twitter Account Nibel Officially Leaves Platform Amid Uncertain Future

For years, a handful of accounts that aren't directly linked to video game journalism outlets have often led the charge in giving breaking news straight to the consumers via Twitter, with the account Nibel (@Nibellion) being one of the most well-known in the field.

After many years of providing up-to-date and breaking news in gaming, as well as information on upcoming and live sales, Nibel has officially called it quits on the platform shortly after Elon Musk's takeover, which led to some broad speculation.

really cannot think of a more ominous sign for the future of twitter as a platform than Nibel quitting

— Geoff Thew (@G0ffThew) October 31, 2022

Nibel is leaving Twitter, and you can (partially) blame Elon Musk https://t.co/B4uFzSMu5A pic.twitter.com/1odwX0Ur8x

— The Verge (@verge) October 31, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter Chases Away Nibel, One Of Its Most Prolific Video Game News Sources https://t.co/vi1DKlCBtI

— Forbes Games (@ForbesGames) October 31, 2022

Gaming Twitter has just lost one of its biggest source of reliable news outlets. Nibel has left Twitter.

In any case, you didn't know. Twitter accounts like this doesn't get paid for any news coverage. So good for him to move on and focus on something that benefits him. pic.twitter.com/cJVTU90tln

— Fighting-Games Daily (@FGC_Daily) October 31, 2022

While many were blaming Musk and his "new Twitter" as the reason that Nibel decided to quit the platform, a statement released by him revealed that he had tried to monetize himself via a Patreon, only to fall short of what he expected to be able to make based on the amount of work that he had put into it.

This statement itself caused a wave of memes and hot takes to spread shortly after, as some people began to poke fun at him for failing to "monetize tweeting" or thinking that tweeting other news sources was itself something to gain money from.

Nibel is closing his accounts because he couldn't monetize lmao get fucked pic.twitter.com/iLDaYO2Efq

— Uncle Flyer | Skeletuber (@flyer3232) October 31, 2022

Nibel when he saw his patreon had less than 1k subscribers with 450k followers pic.twitter.com/sl79tFto9o

— Yokio  (@KnewYokio) October 31, 2022

Nibel realising he offers nothing unique or personable after checking that patreon pic.twitter.com/YrrsQGC2up

— Yokio  (@KnewYokio) October 31, 2022

Sorry, the Nibel account is quitting twitter because his Patreon failed? Like yeah, I liked his account, but all he did was repost news readily available from other sources. You can't monetize a Twitter account especially one that just reports other people's works pic.twitter.com/9zXWBXwQnd

— Stadia Tech Support (@Win98Tech) October 31, 2022

People were already quick to immediately begin posting about their backup sources for gaming news and journalism, with the account Wario64 singled out as a main pillar of the community now that Nibel has left.

Others did one last glance at his impact, with his departure from Twitter making enough of a splash to trend even on a major United States holiday.

Wario64 being the last source of reliable gaming news and game sales on twitter since nibel left pic.twitter.com/EMbmUBL39y

— Haunted Spy~💜 (@sam1tron) October 31, 2022

I think it says a lot that there have been multiple news articles about Nibel leaving Twitter, not to mention his account was the #4 trend on Twitter US

His contribution was immeasurable

Will miss his presence on here for sure. I wish him the best of luck for the future! pic.twitter.com/E2nFjz5v0Q

— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) October 31, 2022