EPT[D] GSL Stream/Vod Pricing - Will you buy? - Page 16
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Raid
United States398 Posts
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SiguR
Canada2039 Posts
How in the hell do they plan on growing the audience for this game when mildly curious outsiders have to pay 50 dollars to watch a handful of games (coincidentally, some of the most important games, similar to the playoffs/world cup). This is moronic and greedy, similar to everything else blizzard has breathed on in the last three years. | ||
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ikkyixo
United States49 Posts
On September 02 2010 05:50 ckw wrote: This is bullcrap you got to build the e-sport scene before you start asking for frikin' pro fighting fees like pay per view broski. Don't want to flame you or anything but honestly, even if the E-Sport scene built up to be something popular, people would still complain about being charged because they were used to something that was free and accessible for a certain time period. Just something I'd throw out there to think about. | ||
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
So the real question is the steam worth 50$ a month to me? As big of a Starcraft fan as I am I'd have to say no. I can watch MLG, IEM, and likely WCG one day for free and get my starcraft fix that way. Sure it sucks that I won't be seeing the worlds largest starcraft tournment, but its just not worth 300$ a year to see it when i have options. If it was closer to maybe 10$ a month I think i be much more willing. | ||
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Gentso
United States2218 Posts
On September 02 2010 05:50 ckw wrote: There will be other tournaments to watch anyway. I wouldn't pay a dime, no f'in way man, this is pathetic and they did this with all their other series but the VODS were free in their other season. This is bullcrap you got to build the e-sport scene before you start asking for frikin' pro fighting fees like pay per view broski. I sort of feel the same way but this is THE tournament and league. It's like all the other ones are just side shows compared to GSL. That's why I feel it's such bull. I want to a part of a big connected community, and its a shame that they're doing it! | ||
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andeh
United States904 Posts
I dunno, I just think the the big WHY needs to be answered. To me, I think the reason is they need to show good profits their first season, so larger sponsors get on board. If their reason is for the greater good of sc2, I'll totally be on board. But we will probably never know. | ||
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
On September 02 2010 06:09 Gentso wrote: I sort of feel the same way but this is THE tournament and league. It's like all the other ones are just side shows compared to GSL. That's why I feel it's such bull. I want to a part of a big connected community, and its a shame that they're doing it! While this might be true, 80% of the players in the GSL, I've never even heard of. Sure they might all be extremely good, but as we saw from the qualifiers, some people got through with an extremely easy bracket (e.g. even Torch qualified) while others had a much harder time. There's no guarantee that these matches will be more exciting than say IEM, which I knew at least 95% of the players there and had a free stream. Furthermore, there's absolutely no way I'll pay for a stream when the Korean streams and VODs are offered for free. | ||
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ImAbstracT
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ArvickHero
10387 Posts
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fantomex
United States313 Posts
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Clipped
France122 Posts
On September 02 2010 06:30 ArvickHero wrote: Where is that free "Kespa" English commented stream you're talking about ?Kespa vs GOM. One charges you to watch, the other doesn't. | ||
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Or-a
Canada66 Posts
On September 02 2010 06:30 fantomex wrote: There are too many good tournaments with free VODs and released replays. I already have more SC2 than I can possibly consume. Why would I pay for more? Because the GSL has the most money invested into it at this point and has the most outgoing income. They're setting up for a huge BW-esque scene and if you don't pay then they can't continue to do more of these sorts of tournaments.. Which for competitive scene and spectators isn't good. On the other hand the prices are a LITTLE overpriced however I'm still willing to pay.  Perhaps someone will make an event out of the spectating as not everyone is willing to pay? | ||
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groms
Canada1017 Posts
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Molkovien
Denmark59 Posts
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viraltouch
United States299 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27159 Posts
But... I am not surprised by the fee. SC2 is a niche, and like other niche events coverage is expensive. Ever try to watch professional squash? I had to buy super expensive DVDs. Look, football is free on TV because so many people watch it that high priced ads can cover the profit. When low numbers of people watch, you often have to pay more for specialty stuff. Anyway, I would rather listen to the Korean than Tasteless and Artosis anyway. | ||
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
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Or-a
Canada66 Posts
On September 02 2010 06:48 viraltouch wrote: so you CAN watch the korean stream for free on on game net? that would be like charging extra on cable tv for spanish audio... makes no sense But I don't think you'll be able to get vod's. [Obviously someone will just save them and upload to youtube but rest assured those will be deleted soon after.] | ||
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viraltouch
United States299 Posts
see gomtv, we can get creative too. | ||
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
On September 02 2010 06:51 JinDesu wrote: Someone should link this thread to their forums or something, so they can see how much money they are losing out. The problem is, they'll see 45 people who are going to pay for the stream and think "wow, that's $900 we just made!" All they're doing is making their tournament less popular than it otherwise could have been in countries outside korea. I mean I had doubts that I would even watch many of the games anyway considering how many tournaments are going on, but now I doubt I'll watch anything other than the finals, after they've been pirated/rereleased for torrents. | ||
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