Next step for esports

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Nef0r0

So with esports scene growing every year in terms of popularity, what comes next for the entire esports? Does the bubble burst and shit ends in a disaster or do esports somehow make their way to official TV broadcasts like ESPN or FOX?

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I feel there's room for a brand new TV broadcast to come about. There's so many sports already that there's no way they'd be able to accommodate esports as well, and there's enough top esports games that an entire channel could come about, especially if they do recaps and reruns like regular sports networks. This whole thing might be a stretch, but just imagine

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H3ENnZ

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But isnt TV broadcasts dropping in popularity isnt it more reasonable for valorant to join kick

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Nef0r0

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They are dropping, but it's still a market where the previous generations watch their sports, I feel like it may make esports more "legit" to them

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tv broadcasts kinda cater to an older consumer base. it be a loss plus imagine the amount of ads ud have to watch. 80% ads 20% actual game for the game and the broadcaster to actually make profit. it wouldnt really make it more legit just slightly more mainstream and probably make it a joke too

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It doesn't matter. if you can get a deal, because selling broadcast rights is a huge money maker. You can expand your scene with that money.

But no broadcast station is going to pay for esports.

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H3ENnZ

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Thats a good point tbh but its still hard for older generations to truly appreciate Esport when they grew up no having too much experiences playing them

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Komekko

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Nah TV kinda fell off

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Finlad

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TV broadcasts will never happen for esports and that's the sad truth

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VxpxFX

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Something like F1 TV is gonna launch sooner or later

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Nef0r0

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That's what I would expect

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The bubble burst after COVID and hasn't recovered. Many esports organizations are in perpetual deficit. What makes esports different from traditional sports is that you can never sell broadcast rights, and while a soccer stadium can seat 50,000 people, an esports arena can seat 300.

Ironically, the first modern esports, the StarCraft scene, was born in the TV era. Korea had two cable stations specializing in gaming, Ongamenet and MBC game, which meant you had to pay for cable TV to watch games. With the rise of Youtube, both stations became unprofitable and disappeared. You'd hope that esports would make it to TV, but historically, esports have been pushed from TV to online.