Gran Turismo Sport [PS4]

Btw I just realised how important this game is; it has the potential to be the first mainstream videogame e-sport
You're going to have to clarify this statement, it certainly does not qualify.
DOTA, LoL, Counter Strike, Starcraft, Halo all have prize pools (millions of dollars) and leagues that are played in and presented on ESPN.

DOTA, LoL, Overwatch, and CS, Hearth Stone also has the largest player base of all video games, period. If the below isn't mainstream? I don't know what is.1748 tournaments a year?

http://www.criticalhit.net/gaming/dota-2-vs-league-legends-updating-numbers/
wc_numbers_banner_16.jpg


http://roundballsupply.co/journal/021-how-the-nba-is-helping-esports-go-mainstream

http://www.businessinsider.com/esports-market-growth-ready-for-mainstream-2017-3
 
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You're going to have to clarify this statement, it certainly does not qualify.
DOTA, LoL, Counter Strike, Starcraft, Halo all have prize pools (millions of dollars) and leagues that are played in and presented on ESPN.

DOTA, LoL, Overwatch, and CS, Hearth Stone also has the largest player base of all video games, period. If the below isn't mainstream? I don't know what is.1748 tournaments a year?

http://www.criticalhit.net/gaming/dota-2-vs-league-legends-updating-numbers/
wc_numbers_banner_16.jpg


http://roundballsupply.co/journal/021-how-the-nba-is-helping-esports-go-mainstream

http://www.businessinsider.com/esports-market-growth-ready-for-mainstream-2017-3

That they will broadcast it all over the world on normal channels
 
So they're saying the whole of the Global E-sports market is worth less than a handful of football (soccer) players (*)?
True its not aimed at me, but why the fuck would anyone want to watch others play games? I can understand it with sports (tiring and physically not able etc) but video games, surely its more fun doing it yourself

(*)ronaldo earnt 238 million USD last year
uhh... some games you just can't operate at that level and it's is fun to watch.
If there is a game you really like playing for instance, but you can't reach professional level, you appreciate watching the tournament scene; provided the broadcasting is good. I like watching both Halo 5 and SC2. I couldn't get into dota or league, but there are times in which I have watched it and some amazing things happened.
 
Winners of GT Academy gain the sponsorship necessary to become real racers. It's tied to the real sport.

Winners of Warcraft don't get to become orcs.

(no wait... I have an idea for a warcraft competition, winner drink is spiked, and he gets a surprise cosmetic surgery)
 
none at all then, looking at europe
You mean on mainstream TV? Yea I don't think they have it in EU. Main viewership is from YouTube and twitch. But that being said the viewership numbers are still massive. No reason for it to have to make it onto mainstream TV for it to be popular or considered mainstream.
 
Okay then mainstream schmainstream you win iroboto.

Here Shifty Geezer; best racing game graphics environment ever, confirmed: people walking around in the background (maybe too fast? and only back and forth lol), this has never been done in the history of videogames, at least not to my knowledge:

gts2mxu4x.gif
 
Okay then mainstream schmainstream you win iroboto.

Here Shifty Geezer; best racing game graphics environment ever, confirmed: people walking around in the background (maybe too fast? and only back and forth lol), this has never been done in the history of videogames, at least not to my knowledge:

gts2mxu4x.gif
Hold on a sec, that's a real world gif right?
 
So they're saying the whole of the Global E-sports market is worth less than a handful of football (soccer) players (*)?
True its not aimed at me, but why the fuck would anyone want to watch others play games? I can understand it with sports (tiring and physically not able etc) but video games, surely its more fun doing it yourself

(*)ronaldo earnt 238 million USD last year

Agreed. If a sportsman can have man tits, it's not a sport.
 
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