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Microsoft may lose $120 million due to the Overwatch League shutdown (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 11 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 65 points 11 months ago

I sincerely hope this sends the message that no game should firmly rely on the expectation of an esports competitive scene. It’s a fantastic thing to have happen, and has occurred even for party game Super Smash Bros with no esport support, but it’s not something you can force.

Sometimes the spectator appeal just isn’t there.

[-] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 38 points 11 months ago

The thing is, it's pretty much Activision Blizzard's fault here. They destroyed the grassroots competitive scene to make way for the Overwatch League, but that took a bit more than a year. They could've found a way to integrate the existing scene instead. And that was just the start of the League. The game itself was mismanaged with the sequel taking way too long and being misunderstood (with good reason).

There were some many mistakes with the Overwatch League, that I don't think we can use it to generalize that much. ESports was a bubble though, no doubt.