ItsYoung Lost: Halo 5 esports Tourney breaks records!!!

[PS5 Pro]

There was a FALSE thread posted a week or so ago showing a pic of this tournament.
Nobody was outside

I didn't look further into it, cuz I got a life. But I stumbled upon the results and it broke records
It had hundreds of thousands of viewers streaming at the same time during the finals. Great Job Microsoft. Its good to see console games and esports growing together.

The Gears 4 tourney starts later this month

So I got to thinking. I was on Neonazigaf recently and the commentary over there is how the PS4 doesn't have games and the xbox does
They was even banning people who acted like sony heads on here
Its a sad sad day when Neogaf is a better site than this place. What is this place trying to be exactly?

WHile you dudes figure out your bullshyt, let me get back to my question.
Does other consoles have tourneys? Shouldn't there be a Killzone tourney and a Uncharted Tourney?
What is the prize pool for these Stanch Powerhouses that sell so well. I mean, people play these games, right?

Spoiler

Right

 

[Grand Conde]

130k concurrent viewers in 2017 really isn't anything special breh.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

130k concurrent viewers in 2017 really isn't anything special breh.

Seems like a lot for a "dead" game

 

[daze23]

 

[GoldenGlove]

Seems like a lot for a "dead" game

I mean Gears was doing numbers on Twitch yesterday too, but outside of the Championship Finals... they are no where to be found in the Twitch directory.

 

[Grand Conde]

Seems like a lot for a "dead" game

Take it up with @Kamikaze Revy breh.

 

[Grand Conde]

I mean Gears was doing numbers on Twitch yesterday too, but outside of the Championship Finals... they are no where to be found in the Twitch directory.

True. CoD does medium sized numbers once a year as well but these games are waaayyyyyyyy off the big e-sports stuff.

 

[itsyoung!!]

There was a FALSE thread posted a week or so ago showing a pic of this tournament.
Nobody was outside

I didn't look further into it, cuz I got a life. But I stumbled upon the results and it broke records
It had hundreds of thousands of viewers streaming at the same time during the finals. Great Job Microsoft. Its good to see console games and esports growing together.

The Gears 4 tourney starts later this month

So I got to thinking. I was on Neonazigaf recently and the commentary over there is how the PS4 doesn't have games and the xbox does
They was even banning people who acted like sony heads on here
Its a sad sad day when Neogaf is a better site than this place. What is this place trying to be exactly?

WHile you dudes figure out your bullshyt, let me get back to my question.
Does other consoles have tourneys? Shouldn't there be a Killzone tourney and a Uncharted Tourney?
What is the prize pool for these Stanch Powerhouses that sell so well. I mean, people play these games, right?

Spoiler

Right

what record did it break ? Or you just making shyt up again ?

130k concurrent viewers in 2017 really isn't anything special breh.

Thats a regular day for League of Legends

 

[Chill]

idk why i have such a hard time believing this. like if a tourney was getting that many views then you'd think pros streaming scrims and such would get views but nope

 

[Grand Conde]

what record did it break ? Or you just making shyt up again ?



Thats a regular day for League of Legends

It broke a record for Halo.

 

[Zebruh]

idk why i have such a hard time believing this. like if a tourney was getting that many views then you'd think pros streaming scrims and such would get views but nope

Halo is like bottom of the barrel in ESL/eSports, but when a Grand Finals for a big tournament is on, people do watch. Its not hard to believe it pulled a lot of viewers during championship Sunday. I kinda think of it in the same way there are people who don't watch a sport but will watch the Superbowl/World Series/NBA Finals etc.

 

[Zebruh]

Does other consoles have tourneys? Shouldn't there be a Killzone tourney and a Uncharted Tourney?
What is the prize pool for these Stanch Powerhouses that sell so well. I mean, people play these games, right?

Spoiler

Right

Consoles just don't have the right eco-system to constantly pull off large-scale tournaments since it's usually a one time purchase of the game and then a season pass. PC games usually give you a bunch of aesthetic options like skins and mounts and shyt that people are constantly buying(esp if the game is free or cheap). Consoles it just feels like you're buying one game to play until the next big one drops(which isn't bad but it doesn't lend itself to creating a long-term competitive community, and isn't an issue exclusive to consoles either)

Fighting games really the only console games that have consistent tourneys. SFV has multiple tournaments throughout the year, with varying prize pools from $50,000 to well over $250k. FGC players that can consistently place Top 3 can make some nice money via tournament winnings.

Super Smash Bros. Melee is still played to this day on Gamecube and usually competes with SF games for top viewership during events like Evo. You'll always see a smaller Smash Bros. tournament poppin' off on Twitch too. The prize pool for Smash games isn't too hefty though, but the community really does try and make something out of nothing so they get respect from me for that.

Otherwise no other console games besides CoD really do tournaments. Just not enough money in them unless you create an in-game economy like CSGO, League, and DOTA where the proceeds can go towards bigger prize pools. It's why Capcom was able to bump up the prize pool for the Cpacom Cup last year. They dropped the Pro Tour DLC and put the money to their own hosted tournament.

I used to love Halo but Reach killed my love for it, and the way MLG handled competitive Reach pretty much ensured I'd never care about them again, but a part of me IS happy they got a chance to really rock.

 

[Grand Conde]

He isn't going to read any of that breh. Or he'll pick out one line and reply to that. Nice post but don't waste your time.

 

[Grand Conde]

Console e-sports is for casuals and nobody gives a shyt about it. Simple as that.

 

[Cladyclad]

U do know MS creates their own prize pool breh?

Hell Hello Games can make No Man Sky have Billion dollar prize pool on who can get to center of the Earth the fastest. So what I'm saying is that don't mean shyt