Are these guys aware that they can check the concurrent users of a steam game whenever they want? Dota 2 has never even come close to surpassing the 5 million concurrent users that Riot touted last month. Even if that number is exaggerated, or if only 10% of those numbers are from the West, that's still more than the average amount of concurrent users that Dota 2 has according to http://store.steampowered.com/stats/.
Also are they sure they even used Xfire data? Because LoL players on Xfire outnumber Dota 2 players approximately 14:1. All this article did was highlight the incompetence of DFC Intelligence in executing proper research.
All it takes is one look on Twitch.tv and you'll find that even Heart of the Swarm averages more viewers than DotA 2, let alone LoL.
Dota's popularity in China however, is a whole other story.
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