EPTVery interesting topic by the way.
Blizzard vs. KeSPA - Page 2
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
Very interesting topic by the way. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
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daemos
United States8 Posts
- The interviews on G4TV talked a little bit about Blizzard's support for eSports and wanting to make that a big part of the SC2 experience. If Blizzard is supporting these broadcasts (in the form of prizes, achievements, etc) they should be entitled to a piece of the cake, don't you think? | ||
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zerglingsfolife
United States1694 Posts
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HeartOfTofu
United States308 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
They aren't trying to squelch shit - Valve charges people to broadcast Source. The NFL charges CBS to broadcast matches. I wish people would stop jumping to these ridiculous conclusions when they have no idea whats even going on. | ||
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
I really don't see kespa picking up SC2. Imean they can either stay with a videogame that is almost considered their national sport and is hugely popular - without paying -- or switch to a game that is most likely to be inferior to SC1 in every aspect but then having to pay Blizzard to broadcast it. Viewing it from kespas perspective, this seems like a no-brainer? Why change a winning concept? | ||
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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TeWy
France714 Posts
(nb it is obvious that both companies are trying to maximize their profit). | ||
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oob
Sweden630 Posts
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torm3ntin
Brazil2534 Posts
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HeartOfTofu
United States308 Posts
On February 22 2010 02:17 Kennigit wrote: This has nothing to do with greed lol. It's a company. Companies need to make money. Companies can invest in 5 year long development cycles by having a steady revenue stream (WoW?). Of course KESPA should be paying up - they make MILLIONS per year in profit. They aren't trying to squelch shit - Valve charges people to broadcast Source. The NFL charges CBS to broadcast matches. I wish people would stop jumping to these ridiculous conclusions when they have no idea whats even going on. Blizzard does make money. They do it through their sales. The NFL in this case would be KeSPA. Blizzard would be more like the person or entity that first invented American Football. That's really a horrible analogy... I don't see the conclusion as "ridiculous" at all. You pretty much confirmed the conclusion by admitting that it's about money. What is "greed" about if not about money? | ||
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Windblade
United States161 Posts
Blizz wants the same thing, they spent years making this game and it's unfair that another organization just make complete profit off of THEIR work. Its like you make an app for iphone/ipod but apple makes all the money. This isnt true, the developer gets a large portion of each transaction with Apple getting a smart percent because its their main product. SC2 is Blizzard's product, they dont want all the profit they expect a fee because another company is using their product to make a profit. People keep overestimating Korea too...they aren't the lifeforce of SC2, if you notice WoW - it brings in 1.2 billion in profits a year(which makes it possible to keep their work force and keep making products like SC2, D3, WoW, new mmo, and even the 2 SC2 expansions)...kespa has nothing to do with that. Blizzard has their own leagues and other people who make pvp leagues and whatnot off of it do give blizz a royalty fee. Does Kespa have a part in this? No, in the end - KESPA needs blizzard. Blizzard doesnt NEED Kespa they can do w/e the hell they want and still make it a success This really isn't even an argument, either Kespa pays or they dont get SC2. | ||
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zee
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Spawkuring
United States755 Posts
On February 22 2010 02:35 HeartOfTofu wrote: Blizzard does make money. They do it through their sales. The NFL in this case would be KeSPA. Blizzard would be more like the person or entity that first invented American Football. That's really a horrible analogy... I don't see the conclusion as "ridiculous" at all. You pretty much confirmed the conclusion by admitting that it's about money. What is "greed" about if not about money? Greed isn't automatically about making money. Greed is when the desire to make money is taken to a ridiculous extent, often at a huge detriment of the product. Blizzard randomly putting a monthly fee of $40 into SC2 for no reason would be an example of greed. Charging money for a product you spent millions making is not greed, however. Game companies DO need to make money you know. | ||
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leonardus
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
I'm not arguing business accruement with you lol. | ||
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Windblade
United States161 Posts
See in the US, using someone else's work to make a profit without giving them a cut and/or permission is ILLEGAL. | ||
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searcher
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