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Players also get money by streaming their daily practice sessions and playing ads. Some get tens of thousands of viewers for sessions lasting many hours.
by twiceaday 15y ago
Players also get money by streaming their daily practice sessions and playing ads. Some get tens of thousands of viewers for sessions lasting many hours.
- jjcm 15y agoSponsorships are also a large part of their revenue. High end hardware companies are starting to realize that things like barcraft are becoming more common, and are capitalizing on the number of viewers. It's a slow start, but esports will likely follow the same pattern modern day sporting events take. A lot of the current difficulty is that video games are not designed for people who are just watching. This is changing pretty drastically right now. Valve is working heavily in making sure that the engine for Dota 2 isn't just good for playing the game, but also for broadcasting it. They're building a very robust platform for viewing, announcing, sponsoring, and filming in game actions. Once broadcasting is efficient, the larger number of views will bring in heavier sponsors. It'll be interesting to see where those paychecks are in five, ten years.