OMG I LUV SAUDI :DD

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IonlywatchvcjXD

Now that I have your undivided attention. It's time for you people to understand how orgs ~~survive~~ earn money.

Have a gazillion sponsors like DFM and Sengoku. (I don't know any example outside of Japan) or have just one but huge sponsor
Merch sales , 100T SEN and ZETA comes to mind, but realistically most orgs will be heading to this part.
Have a rich owner/benefactor. It can be a popular streamer ( MURASH TH KOI etc), company ( FAV is owned by Kadokawa) etc

Realistically it's a mix of these 3. But it still doesn't paint a bright picture. They're still burning money.

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bundles

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Part of merch sales

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Idk if I would qualify a champs bundle as merch tbh because it's for the entire esport but I see it for skin capsule bundles

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bundles help cushion the costs, but they aren't giving orgs big bucks. Besides, only a handful of orgs actually get a lot of sales.

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$44 million across 44 teams is not cushioning costs
https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1h84mkf/valorintel_riot_games_confirms_that_443_million/

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yes i agree

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realistically SEN and PRX were like 90% of that

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Even if you have sponsors and merch, 1 million is 1 million... that's a ton to improve stability

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you could also lose a lot of potential merch being bought and support from fans for participating so in reality is 1 million really worth it when in the long term it could be a net negative anyways?

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If EWC is long term, yes it's worth it, if not then it's bad.

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Japan Ecosystem towards Sports is different amongs the world so no.1 is hard to apply for rest of the world

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Which is why I included the second part , few but big sponsor. Kinda realized halfway writing having 32 sponsors ( Sengoku) is most likely a japan thing anyway. It's not as if every org in japan are like that.

But the 2nd part is applicable on global scale imo