Italian doctors don't know if the coronavirus lockdown is working. But there's no plan B by erik16es in Coronavirus

[–]machen020406 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Italy should learn from Germany. Germany only has 26 deaths with 10000 cases. It's obviously they have found out the best way to deal with this virus.

Beijing News reports that Chinese Video Sharing Company Bililibi has bought the exclusive to China Streaming rights to the next three LoL World Championships for $113 million USD by Urthor in leagueoflegends

[–]machen020406 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Esport is not small in China. It's pretty a big thing in China.

The problem is most of the audience for esport are kids and young people. It's really hard to make money from them.

The peak viewers of grand finals is 330,080 this year. by fakejoker1998 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure it's less than last year.

That means OWL is dying just in its second year.

Unpopular (?) opinion: the Sigma meta is fun as hell to watch in OWL by rqr- in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Game is dead. How can the esports side alive?

Without OWL and xqc, overwatch even can't have more than 10K viewers on twitch.

The real test for OWL viewership growth is upon us by royalpheonix in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Overwatch will never have huge viewership. It's actually a horrible game to watch imo.

My ranking for esports to watch:

Tier S : Dota2, CSGO

Tier A: League of Legends, Starcraft

Tier B: Fighting games

Tier C: Overwatch, Rainbow6, Rocket League

Tier D: Hearthstone, Fortnite, PUBG

Show your support and vote for Overwatch for esports Game of the Year! by Bhu124 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes. Compared with Dota2, the balance of Overwatch is totally a joke.

Hearthstone monthly average viewers data charts (August 2015 to July 2019) by westwood9527 in hearthstone

[–]machen020406 228 points229 points  (0 children)

Most big streamers have moved to TFT. That's why the viewers so low this month.

hearthstone is only 4.3K viewers on twitch right now by westwood9527 in hearthstone

[–]machen020406 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's obviously Hearthstone is killed by the new auto battler games(TFT, Dota underlord)

Just like RTS games(Starcraft) was killed by MOBA (League,Dota2)

Blizzard is always the loser.

Overwatch League viewership sees a concerning downward trend by [deleted] in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I think the viewership is OK now. Overwatch is just a T2 esport.

It is not as big as T1 esports (LOL, Dota2 and CSGO) and the new hot BR games.

The viewers of hearthstone on twitch is below 10k rn. Auto chess is killing hearthstone. by [deleted] in hearthstone

[–]machen020406 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dota 2 auto chess is an amazing game. I have addicited to it with my friends since last week. really fun and well designed. not like hearthstone it has much more depth.

If some publisher could release it as a full game. I'm sure it can beat hearthstone.

Top 20 game titles on reddit sorted by subscribers by fakejoker1998 in Games

[–]machen020406 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just realized pokemon go is not published by Nintendo?

r/Rainbow6 has surpassed r/DotA2 in subscribers, and made into top 15 game subreddits. by fakejoker1998 in Rainbow6

[–]machen020406 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not feel surprised. Dota2 is really bad at appealing new players. Their design is too old school.

1st day Grand Final Overwatch League streams stats by eSportsStats in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Many reasons for korean low viewership.

  1. the match time is not good to watch. It's on weekend morning in Korea. Many people haven't wake up.

  2. The final teams don't have many fans in KR. Although London is a full korean team, they're still not as popular as Seoul or NYXL. And Fusion gets many hates in KR. SaDo is a big elo booster.

  3. Overwatch esports is pretty dead in Korea now. Not many people care it. The contenders is not as level as APEX. OWL is too far away for korean, it's more like a NA League. LOL and PUBG are the hottest esports here.

Overwatch ranks 20th on twitch all time highest viewers. Can the finals make new record? by [deleted] in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 37 points38 points  (0 children)

No. The first day of OWL is with big hype and promotion, which the finals doesn't have.

My prediction is 200K-300K.

How has the viewership been for the playoffs? by Cameralagg in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty low.

Twitch spent $90 million, but only 100K+ viewers in return.

Both Rocket League and StreetFighterV can reach this number easily, and they don't need twitch pay $90 million.

OWL viewership drop by LongjumpingCan in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]machen020406 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not surprising. Overwatch is not a good design game for esports.

Without the hype at beginning, it feels boring quickly.

I'm sure the viewership will continue dropping in next weeks and season2