Source: Capcom Cup IX
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Source: Capcom Cup IX
Yeah, they went all in.
And offline Premiers are finally back, too? This Pro Tour is gonna be madness.
SF no longer poverty esports.
Edit: This is so good for the players, when you look at the other esports prize pool and look at Fighting games epsorts as a whole, it's really sad...
LoL numbers are insane through the years.
CoD for 2020 was $4.6m
Shit Dota 2, 2021 $40m
Fortnite in 2019 before the pandemic it's competitive scene had $30m in prize pool for a year..
While this is welcome change, Fighting games esports is lagging behind..
Edit: This is so good for the players, when you look at the other esports prize pool and look at Fighting games epsorts as a whole, it's really sad...
LoL numbers are insane through the years.
CoD for 2020 was $4.6m
Shit Dota 2, 2021 $40m
Fortnite in 2019 before the pandemic it's competitive scene had $30m in prize pool for a year..
While this is welcome change, Fighting games esports is lagging behind..
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wow that prize pool is nutty. it is super reassuring to see capcom walking the walk with this game, release can't come soon enough
By a large margin, yes. I think old Capcom Cup was previously the biggest when it was $250,000 to 1st place.
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Going by online rules: Modern Controls are fair game, Dynamic Controls aren't.
I'll never forget when I saw Tokido saying that at EVO - it's true!
Momochi already went through this. Won 36k in 2014 then for the first time Ono announced 500k at the next Capcom Cup. He felt sad to win the one before the prize exploded.
I was joking in discord about the prize being announced at 1 million total. But it being 2 million total with just 1 million for the overall winner blew me away. Can't wait to see the format and the payout break down.
from all their tourney wins sonicfox has won around $700k, maybe a bit more from this or that, for reference
SonicFox - Dominique Mclean - Fighting Game Player Profile :: Esports Earnings
Esports profile for fighting game player Dominique "SonicFox" Mclean: $717,169.14 USD in prize money won from 140 tournaments.
www.esportsearnings.com
This is huge for the FGC. This sets a new high bar. Bamco and NRS are gonna have to up their prize pools as well (probably not nearly as high) but this is long over due for the Passion that has been put into this crazy thing called Fighting games. Makes me tear up a little.
I hope Sonic comes back. People like them really ripping the mechanics of the game apart is gonna be sick to see.
View: https://twitter.com/AndyOCR/status/1627546153083621376?s=20
Also Capcom gotta get they're money up since you when Riot's fighter comes out they're gonna put money into theirs.
think people from other games going to come over and grind even harder? the scene going to explode.
For real tho, Capcom leading the way to take the fgc out of poverty.
Jesus Christ 34millionFor context:
I can't imagine the fucking pressure of making it to the grand finals and losing out on that $1 million. Yeah, you'll still get paid, but losing out on that would suck. Also, this.
