On January 29 2010 13:43 Disregard wrote:
The viewership is relatively low to be honest. I actually prefer MSL commentary and excitement over the epicness of the OSL, but ZvZ finals and shitty work by MBC has to screw it over.

they need to put the MSL commentators in the OSL.

Shikyo

Finland33997 Posts

January 29 2010 05:36 GMT

#22

"- On Korean forums, approximately 3800 posts were made during the games"

I find it funny that just Teamliquid.net's live report thread of the finals had more posts than all the Korean forums had combined, in every thread.

We Are Here

Australia1810 Posts

January 29 2010 05:42 GMT

#23

On January 29 2010 14:25 Sharp-eYe wrote:

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im not sure but thats as close as the numbers are here for hockey right or baskeyball?

yeah id like to know how well it compares with other sports; because, quite frankly, i have no idea if thats a good number xD

okay i just did a quick wiki search for the AFL finals television viewers. each year got roughly 3ish million, so 500k dont seem like a lot =[

Waffles

Romania605 Posts

January 29 2010 05:45 GMT

#24

500,000 is definitely a very rounded number. there were at least 10,000 people on TL streams which dont count to this number. does OGN require cable? kinda like ESPN? or is it public TV

BloodDrunK

Bangladesh2767 Posts

January 29 2010 05:46 GMT

#25

OGN clearly showed MBC how to hold a final.dare i not speak of that moment again.

Sharp-eYe

Canada642 Posts

January 29 2010 05:48 GMT

#26

On January 29 2010 14:36 Shikyo wrote:
"- On Korean forums, approximately 3800 posts were made during the games"

I find it funny that just Teamliquid.net's live report thread of the finals had more posts than all the Korean forums had combined, in every thread.

because they were all talking about it real life. we dont have the luxury

Mystlord

United States10264 Posts

January 29 2010 05:48 GMT

#27

I have a feeling that MBC will post similar statistics, but with one difference:

Viewer satisfaction.

baubo

China3370 Posts

January 29 2010 06:06 GMT

#28

Is there a ratings meter in Korea? Absolute numbers don't really mean much. Comparisons with other sports shows, scripted shows, reality tv, variety shows are more indicative of success.

I will say that esports has to be some of the cheapest shows ever produced. The players make so little comparable to TV personalities. The coaches probably make salaryman money. They have the same booth for just about all the matches except for the finals. They don't exactly need much to sustain it's viability.

exp

New Zealand91 Posts

January 29 2010 11:07 GMT

#29

OGN are awesome indeed.

Now they just need a stable service for foreigners. Could probably make a little money with a reasonably priced premium service. Then again it probably wouldn't be worthwhile.

MrHoon

10183 Posts

January 29 2010 11:11 GMT

#30

nielson scale is a terrible way to record viewership ratings in Korea
especially when most 'basic cable' in kyeongkido doesn't have OGN (they have MBCgame instead)
Not to mention there are still ALOT of people without cable here

PS: The highest rated cable show in Korea last year (excluding news etc) had a nielson scale rating of 5%.

FaCE_1

Canada6184 Posts

January 29 2010 11:15 GMT

#31

On January 29 2010 14:25 Sharp-eYe wrote:

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im not sure but thats as close as the numbers are here for hockey right or baskeyball?

Habs have probably a million viewer when they are good and up to 2 millions when in the series.
But you can't compare sports and e-sports viewer.

thunk

United States6233 Posts

January 29 2010 11:23 GMT

#32

MBC could have crushed those numbers (they still might have) but unfortunately they're not in the business of competence.

Velr

Switzerland10921 Posts

January 29 2010 11:23 GMT

#33

Now they just need to learn how to fix their brackets instead of this random bullshit.

500'000 is not really that much? How many people live in Korea?

meegrean

Thailand7699 Posts

January 29 2010 11:28 GMT

#34

The OSL is just so awesome. My favorite tournament to watch.

Foucault

Sweden2826 Posts

January 29 2010 11:45 GMT

#35

Those stats don't sound good at all to me. 1,7% of the young males? I expected it to be WAY higher. Half a million viewers, what? That's not much. 8000 people attending an OSL finals is probably a new low?

thunk

United States6233 Posts

January 29 2010 11:46 GMT

#36

On January 29 2010 20:23 Velr wrote:
Now they just need to learn how to fix their brackets instead of this random bullshit.

500'000 is not really that much? How many people live in Korea?

About 50 million.

About 1% watched the OSL finals.

I don't know about thing about TV viewership, except that the world cup finals was watched by 33% of the population of the world. 2 billion people or something.

Well it must mean something because it did pick up a shiny new sponsor, Korean Air. The MSL might continue to be sponsored by random mmorpgs.

Wings

United States999 Posts

January 29 2010 12:21 GMT

#37

On January 29 2010 20:45 Foucault wrote:
Those stats don't sound good at all to me. 1,7% of the young males? I expected it to be WAY higher. Half a million viewers, what? That's not much. 8000 people attending an OSL finals is probably a new low?

Think about it this way. Korea's overall population is about 50 million. 0.5 / 50 = about 1% of the entire population watched the OSL finals.

The NBA finals (i think in '06) had a viewership of 13 million. The USA has 300 million people. 13/300 = about 4% of the entire population watched the NBA finals.

Now, compare percentages: 1% vs 4%.

So, a decade-old computer game battle between two mega nerds attracts about 1/4 of what the NBA finals attracts.

I'D SAY THAT'S PRETTY DAMN FREAKING GOOD

konadora

Singapore66364 Posts

January 29 2010 12:24 GMT

#38

Well there are a few million people out there without cable...

Alethios

New Zealand2765 Posts

January 29 2010 12:28 GMT

#39

I wonder if TL livestreams etc are factored in. I dont think they would be.

Then of course there is the fact that a fair number of people probably get together for the finals. So 500,000 people might well just be 500,000 screens tuned in, while the true number of viewers would be much higher.