you do realize sponsors pay for part of that... like Ben-Q and Intel.
every week they release either a skin or a new character. (not to mention IP boosts and character packs).
I would say...
HON was less popular because it had a higher barrier to entry thanks to the game itself and the fact that it wasn't free to play. That and it didn't try to grow its community but rather cater to the...
:shocking:
I haven't yet listened to this but here's a recent talk Gabe gave...should give you insight into what Valve wants to do..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8QEOBgLBQU
Valve...hmmm, they're working on Linuxy endeavors because, let's face it, you can't sell a PConsole tied to Microsoft Windows. Which is sort of "good." But Valve is evil. They're just waiting for the...
Making Directx9 games.
What are they up to now and days? Any new L4D?
I hear Half Life 3 is in the works, but it won't release until after HL2: Episode 3.
It didn't but IIRC LOL's $5million prize pool is spread out over multiple tourneys whereas the International was one single tourney ($3 million). Not just that though, but the production values for...
Which is also a big part of what Valve has been doing. The last International was the biggest tourney in terms of payout and production value outside of Starcraft.
SC's payout are actually small compared to LoL
i don't think DOTA's passed LoL's 5 million dollar prize pool, but i could be wrong.
And this is coming from a SC fan where we look down on LoL lol
i agree the esports tourneys are basically advertising, but im pretty sure someone tuning into one of those tourneys who never played the game will want to get in on the game.
I disagree btw with...
thats if valve wants to sink so much $$ into LoL
the real reason LoL is so successful is riot sinks a lot of $$ into the esports scene, making it popular.
The amount of $$ Riot puts as tourney...
I don't think tourneys draw people in like you think they do. If you play LoL you will know when a tourney happens. If you are a gamer you might see an ad for the tourney or a banner. but if you...
all i'm saying is esports didn;t make the game popular or successful. if it isn;t a good game, people won't follow it or play it.
If blizzard dumped money into wow or sc2 for tourneys, i don't...
I have the same exact problem with LoL's shop. I think this has more to do with the genre itself requiring so much prerequisite knowledge in general.
As for snowballing...I've had a ton of games...
if riot can make millions off League of Legends, valve can make millions off DOTA2. Same concept free to play with microtransactions.
might not be making money today but once beta is done, i'm...
When is the last time you played L4D2? There have been a TON of additions since launch. I know TF2 gets a ton of updates too, but I don't play it.
Can't wait for a new Valve game. In my eyes, Valve can do no wrong.
Hard to say due to its beta status.. They don't just monetize skins, but also sell spectator passes for pro tourneys (basically watch tourney matches in the DOTA client) which people have been...
DOTA2- still in beta
Steam Box
Steam on Linux
Wearable Computing
valve is working on how to make you spend more $$ on steam.
they dont' make $$ from their games afterall
DOTA 2 is doing pretty well right now ..But Gabe did say that they're not interested in making traditional singleplayer experiences at this point..
U... G... L... Y... and he aint got no alibi. He ugly! hey hey He ugly!
Team Fortress 3 would be cool, preferably not Free-To-Play.
ORRR Portal 3:drool2:
if you look at twitch.tv's page, LoL consistently has over 50k viewers spread out over all their channels.
Like right now at 12:36PM EST, there's 65k+ people watching people stream LoL on Twitch
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dont think DOTA2 is making valve any real $$ from the skins.
Also with the $$ they pour into DOTA's servers and what not, i don't see the return for them
but they dont carea bout it anyway lol,...
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