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Twitch paid $90 Million to be the exclusive home for the Overwatch League
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That's a lot of money.
I would have thought Activision would have done more considering they bought MLG.
But for that price you can buy my mum off of me.
I would have thought Activision would have done more considering they bought MLG.
But for that price you can buy my mum off of me.
It's only a two year deal. I thought it was more.
I don't think it'll be worth $45 mil/year.
Anyone got viewership #s of the last few major events?
To be honest I'm thinking the same thing but I'm pretty sure they care. They are a company so they always want more money.
Activision's acquisition of MLG is becoming increasingly a case of dead weight, even at the bargain basement price they bought it for.
Two years.
Lmao
Are they serious?
They are throwing a lot of money on OW eSport scene without a huge fanbase in viewers. Ow World Cup numbers are embarassing.
Are they serious?
They are throwing a lot of money on OW eSport scene without a huge fanbase in viewers. Ow World Cup numbers are embarassing.
Its incredible how much money OWL is already making since OW has been quite boring to watch as an esport for some time. Here's hoping the spectator improvements are truly impactful.
That is ridiculous... like that is close to half of some sport codes tv rights in Australia...
Can't believe it. Don't see how twitch will get there money back from this as I know overwatch is popular but surely not that popular...
Blizzard/Activison must be laughing - Overwatch is the gift that keeps on giving
Can't believe it. Don't see how twitch will get there money back from this as I know overwatch is popular but surely not that popular...
Blizzard/Activison must be laughing - Overwatch is the gift that keeps on giving
That's definitely enough money to justify the exclusivity, I'd bet. But at the same time I wonder how much more value Blizzard could have gotten if it shared some of those rights with TV. I think the Overwatch League's greatest hurdle will be growing an audience. But time will tell.
Atleast it isnt a piece of shit player that buffers every 5second like twitch
They wont get money back, no OW League game will have more than a Dota 2 TI or CSGO major viewers.
I see.
I just...I guess to me, you throw that kind of money at a game with an established eSports fanbase rather than one just starting up for the very first time. I don't give a shit how good it looks on paper, Twitch is too organic to be predictable enough for $45 million/year. I would understand if this was money being thrown at League of Legends, Dota, CSGo, shit like that.
But...I'm sure they have access to analytics data that makes them believe this to be an easy ROI, so I won't question it too much yet. I just...call me Boromir. For I do not believe.
Don't get it personally...twitch is still the most viewed streaming platform atm. Sure mixer and youtube is there but, I don't think much would watch it on those platforms, feel like it's a waste of money. Oh well.
My only hope is that Amazon/Twitch and Blizzard drop all kinds of loot for watching official league sanctioned games.
In my opinion, Overwatch has never been a good spectator esport.
I don't think it ever will be. The league stuff feels kind of late to the party but Blizzard seems pretty optimistic so who knows!
I don't think it ever will be. The league stuff feels kind of late to the party but Blizzard seems pretty optimistic so who knows!
Some stats from last year's Overwatch World Cup since I was curious. From here.
Average concurrent viewers: 206,513 viewers (405,730 if you include China)
Peak viewers: 840,812 viewers (France vs China),
Average concurrent viewers: 206,513 viewers (405,730 if you include China)
Peak viewers: 840,812 viewers (France vs China),
I know what you mean. I guess it is new form entertainment spawned off the backs of competitive sports and reality shows.
Then again, we did have The Wizard. ;)
you wouldn't want to see how one season went before putting that much down? jeez talk about having too much money
I see the appeal, depends on the game.
In terms of Overwatch,
I can understand whats going on while following one player, but in tournament settings constantly switching viewpoints is too confusing.
This doesn't seem like a game that can be viewed casually which could explain the lower then expected numbers.
So Twitch will stream and broadcast the OWL and not Blizzard. That's kinda interesting.
Or did they pay just $90m to have Blizzard broadcast on their platform.
That would be a huge overpay imho
Or did they pay just $90m to have Blizzard broadcast on their platform.
That would be a huge overpay imho
It's crazy how much money is being pushed into Overwatch Esports.
I'm not really into watching competitive FPS's, so I don't really have any perspective of this, but is there even an audience for this? Outside of some characters, Overwatch just seemed like the most bland competitive game ever made.
I'm not really into watching competitive FPS's, so I don't really have any perspective of this, but is there even an audience for this? Outside of some characters, Overwatch just seemed like the most bland competitive game ever made.
Scratch what I said earlier about tv rights - I thought it was $90 million over at least 5 years but $90 million over two years only is ridiculous... Like that is literally more then some sport codes TV rights per year.
As said above I don't think overwqtch is popular enough an e-sport to justify this amount of money being laid out and I am sure even if twitch didn't stream it would have ended up on their service anyway because it wasn't going to go to anywhere else...
As said above I don't think overwqtch is popular enough an e-sport to justify this amount of money being laid out and I am sure even if twitch didn't stream it would have ended up on their service anyway because it wasn't going to go to anywhere else...
That's a looooot of moolahs. But then it keeps Twitch even more relevant. There's competition out there, and live streaming is getting more and more popular by the day!
I really do think Amazon/Twitch are angling for live viewing lootbox drops as the draw for the Prime service.
