EPTHow do you feel about MLG's new PPV model? - Page 8
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krjay
United States35 Posts
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lock203
United States43 Posts
SC2 is totally different model where you can watch top players daily for free, MLG isn't offering matches that no one hasn't already seen or won't see within the next month or so. Not to mention alot of the esport demagraphic are not gonna have as much desposable income as the other ppv sports demagraphics do. I'm all for MLG trying this out and hope it works for them, but I have a feeling their results are gonna be pretty dismal. Not to many people will buy the cow when they can get the milk for free. | ||
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EZjijy
United States1039 Posts
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infinitum
United States83 Posts
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OptIn
United States19 Posts
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Drunkface
United States46 Posts
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StreetWise
United States594 Posts
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Synwave
United States2803 Posts
I can take my lady to the movies for a night for less. Date > MLG on off. If they priced it better, if they didn't screw the gold memberships, if they gave it some thought... yeah I could get on board. Sundance started the year by firing a bunch of people and then screwed over gold members with no discount and over charging the regular joes. Mean and lean indeed in 2012! Hah. | ||
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Emperor_Earth
United States824 Posts
NCAA March Madness relies purely on ad revenue NCAAF Bowls rely solely on ad revenue There is no prerogative to go to PPV. The onus is on the providers to try different models and see which one will find the best balance of profit and consumer retention. MLG will see the obvious difference between their planned PPV and Assembly's ad only revenue quite soon. Let us hope they realize their mistake before Day 2. | ||
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TeTrodoToxIn
United States18 Posts
Why not take the GOMtv route? Make it free to watch live at low bandwidth, first game of a series available for watching and if you want the rest of the replays/better quality streaming you can pay. | ||
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HEROwithNOlegacy
United States850 Posts
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HEROwithNOlegacy
United States850 Posts
On February 18 2012 15:09 Emperor_Earth wrote: I hope a moderator bans you, clearly didn't listen to Lo3. NFL, NBA, NHL, everyone on T.V has a cable deal, as sundance explained you can only see the teams with the cable deals on T.V and for the NFL you have to be in the region to see teams play, unless you buy the NFL package. Please don't bring arrogance into this thread.NFL, NBA, NHL playoffs rely solely on ad revenue NCAA March Madness relies purely on ad revenue NCAAF Bowls rely solely on ad revenue There is no prerogative to go to PPV. The onus is on the providers to try different models and see which one will find the best balance of profit and consumer retention. MLG will see the obvious difference between their planned PPV and Assembly's ad only revenue quite soon. Let us hope they realize their mistake before Day 2. | ||
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ReD-FooT
Denmark22 Posts
So now because i am a gold member instead of getting the content that i thought i payed for i get a 5$ discount on a 3 day event so i "only" have to pay 15 dollars. Depending on how many of these events there will be this year i actually might end up saving money by buying the gold membership but with a big IF... If i actually buy the ticket for all these events. But lets wait and see after this first event maybe they will change their minds and change the priceing, with 77% of the poll not wanting to pay it might end up hurting too much. | ||
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BackTrack
Canada76 Posts
Stop being so cheap, and why not try giving back a little....YES YOU! how about you stop thinking so highly of yourself for a minute and actually support this thing you supposibly care so much about | ||
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Jintoss
Hong Kong117 Posts
So I'm just be happy that you now have to spend on SC2 and esports like you would football or whatever - it has come a long way. This is also a lot cheaper than PPV boxing; or having a cable/satellite subscription for football/NBA/NHL/whatever seasons; or flying out to attend a F1 Grand Prix. But not only is it cheaper, its more 'significant'. Its a whole fucking tournament, not just a match - let's remember that. That being said, I hope they do a good job amping up the drama so that people will feel glad they spent on MLG and not their local ripoff cinema concession stand with their 3000% return on the sale of popcorn. Personally, I would like a free MLG keychain gift for a years subscription. It's pretty standard and its such a nice, simple thing to do. | ||
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Mallement
Denmark39 Posts
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MutantGenepool
Australia115 Posts
If you're gonna get the stream add free, what's the point of the advertising? | ||
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Lorch
Germany3711 Posts
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imre
France9263 Posts
The format prevent to have epic games at the end of the tourney (you're not gonna get Jjakji/Leennock quality without time to prepare and with 1X or 2X bo3 already played on 3days) and the production value is really low (break/little interaction with the players outside of the games etc...) There are tournaments with free low quality streams which delivers a product with a suitable quality for PPV (GSL) and tournaments with free high quality streams. If you don't belong to one of these category (MLG/NASL) something is wrong with your model because the concurrence do it better. On February 18 2012 18:30 BackTrack wrote: I think this just proves that e-sports "enthusiasts" are only really enthusiasts if it's free, bunch of cheap buggers.....the e-sports community need some better day jobs if you cant even pay what most people make in under an hour, and it lasts all weekend. It boggles my mind how every time some stream costs a little money, people go bat shit crazy over it, thinking they're entitled to free entertainment or they should boycott the event and make grand statements like "ohh that's rediculous, they're so unreasonable to charge me for the content, i'll never watch an MLG i have to pay for." Stop being so cheap, and why not try giving back a little....YES YOU! how about you stop thinking so highly of yourself for a minute and actually support this thing you supposibly care so much about We're consumers period. I don't support an organization which provide a PPV event with a slightly better player pool than an other even which happen at the same time with a free high quality stream. And if you're gonna talk about the koreans, just watch the GSL it's far better, quality of play is always crappy in 3/4 days tournament compare to those were players have time to prepare. If you really want to support something, just do what reddit did: fly your favorite player to a tournament, not giving money to an organization which only goal (like every organization) is to make benefit. | ||
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CrtBalorda
Slovenia704 Posts
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