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Intrinsic on 05 December 2015

I don't know how come no one else has caught onto this. 

E-sports is about to become a thing. ESPN is going to cover it, PlayStation is providing the consoles to game on it so are partners and there is a $3M pool for COD. capcom cup, which is basically SF, with an over $300k pool is also a PlayStation exclusive. 

I think this is going to become a very very big deal especially when other games get into the E-sports league. the PlayStation would literally become like buying a soccer/football in the eyes of anyone that feels they have a shot. I for one know I'm gonna take tekken 7 more seriously than ever before. 

I think this is a stealth megaton. One of those things no one will pay attention to cause we have nothing to compare it to. What do u guys think?



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poklane on 05 December 2015

The CoD thing was known for a while already. Still, if Sony wants to get into eSports they need a PS4 exclusive title fit for competitive play IMO.



chapset on 05 December 2015

''E-sports is about to become a thing'' Lol welcome back to 2012 lol
League finals get more views than the nhl finals and nba finals



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Intrinsic on 05 December 2015
chapset said:
''E-sports is about to become a thing'' Lol welcome back to 2012 lol
League finals get more views than the nhl finals and nba finals

not on consoles. And not with a prize pool like this. and not on broadcast TV. This is the literal example of something going mainstream. 



Intrinsic on 05 December 2015
poklane said:
The CoD thing was known for a while already. Still, if Sony wants to get into eSports they need a PS4 exclusive title fit for competitive play IMO.

nope. they just need exclusive partnership. which is what they have done. 



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Chazore on 05 December 2015

A bit late to the party, especially considering the E-sports scene has been a thing on PC for years and makes big money and scenes.

http://www.esportsearnings.com/games

http://www.esportsearnings.com/players

http://www.esportsearnings.com/tournaments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_esports_games

Regardless of the posts moving, it's still a big thing on PC and it's a pretty known scene.



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jason1637 on 05 December 2015
poklane said:
The CoD thing was known for a while already. Still, if Sony wants to get into eSports they need a PS4 exclusive title fit for competitive play IMO.


This si what i made a post about a few weeks ago so i agree.



poklane on 05 December 2015
Intrinsic said:
poklane said:
The CoD thing was known for a while already. Still, if Sony wants to get into eSports they need a PS4 exclusive title fit for competitive play IMO.

nope. they just need exclusive partnership. which is what they have done.

Already had that, PS4 being used for the World League was announced months ago and PS4 was named "the home of Call of Duty eSports".



Ali_16x on 05 December 2015
Chazore said:

A bit late to the party, especially considering the E-sports scene has been a thing on PC for years and makes big money and scenes.

http://www.esportsearnings.com/games

http://www.esportsearnings.com/players

http://www.esportsearnings.com/tournaments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_esports_games

Regardless of the posts moving, it's still a big thing on PC and it's a pretty known scene.


And why exactly are you bringing up PC? Everyone knows esports is on PC, literally, since it started on PC. For some reason you have to bring up PC in almost every conversation don't you?



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chapset on 05 December 2015
Intrinsic said:
chapset said:
''E-sports is about to become a thing'' Lol welcome back to 2012 lol
League finals get more views than the nhl finals and nba finals

not on consoles. And not with a prize pool like this. and not on broadcast TV. This is the literal example of something going mainstream. 

Dota 2 prize pool was 18 million for 2015 and 11 million for 2014, league at 2 million for both years. league as 64 million monthly players, you still think that's niche?

 edit: ho you are talking about console only, my bad



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