On February 08 2011 02:09 Mr.Pyro wrote:
11 million SC2 sold? No way since reportedly global sales are 3 million according to most sources?
I know that BW in fact sold 11 million copies. Maybe you got them mixed up?

2millions europe-usa sold in one day.
And like 4 million the first week.
(excluding south korea)

YOU are mixing things up

Ponyo

United States1231 Posts

February 07 2011 18:13 GMT

#42

do work man. Awesome read.

Hatsu

United Kingdom474 Posts

February 07 2011 18:21 GMT

#43

Nice article, but the Escapist article does not state that SC2 sold 11 million copies in Korea. It actually references a gamasutra article which you can find here: http://tinyurl.com/28nkwaj and that states that "In Korea, which has a population of over 48 million, StarCraft II could generate 5.45 million active users by the end of the game's first year of release." The 11 million figure is most likely a WoW+BW figure, the number of Blizzard customers in Korea.

Also, you may want to rewrite the Reference List if you need to submit it anywhere as it is a bit off if you are using the Harvard system (I personally hate referencing systems but some academics place great value in them for some arcane reason).

Owompa

United States85 Posts

February 07 2011 18:55 GMT

#44

Interesting article, but I feel like a lot of stuff is kinda wrong about it. The number of copies sold and the ludicrously high progaming salaries immediately come to mind.

On the shows about the broodwar scene the guys live in bunk beds. No one making $500k lives in a bunk bed.

weeA

India442 Posts

February 07 2011 19:09 GMT

#45

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Owompa United States. February 08 2011 03:55. Posts 44 PM Profile Quote #
Interesting article, but I feel like a lot of stuff is kinda wrong about it. The number of copies sold and the ludicrously high progaming salaries immediately come to mind.

On the shows about the broodwar scene the guys live in bunk beds. No one making $500k lives in a

Well I am not sure either but from a interview i got of Grrr (Sc1 Legend), he stated those figures, I posted all the references so u can check em out.

udgnim

United States8024 Posts

February 07 2011 19:18 GMT

#46

2007 Brood War contract numbers courtesy of my TL Search skills

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=49725

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SK1T
iloveoov, Choi Yunsung - $450,000 - 4.2005-3.2008
Kingdom, Park Yongwook - $300,000 - 4.2005-3.2008
GoRush, Park Taemin - $300,000 - 4.2005-3.2008

KTF
[Oops]Reach, Park Jungsuk - $400,000 - 1.2005-12.2007
YellOw, Hong Jinho - $330,000 - 4.2004-3.2007
Nal_rA, Kang Min - $330,000 - 4.2004-3.2007

CJ
XellOs, Seo Jihoon - $150,000 - 4.2006-3.2007
sAviOr, Ma Jaeyoon - $70,000 - 4.2006-3.2007

MBC Game
July, Park SungJoon - $110,000 - 4.2006-3.2007
PuSan[S.G], Park Jiho - $40,000 - 4.2006-3.2007
Sea.Shield , Yum Bosung - $20,000 - 4.2006-3.2007

Pantech
[ReD]NaDa, Lee Yoonyeol - $600,000 - 8.2004-7.2007
Silver, Shim Somyung - $90,000 - 8.2006-1.2008
TheROCK, Ahn Kihyo - $60,000 - 8.2006-1.2008

Samsung
JJu, Byun Eunjong - $70,000 - 1.2006-12.2006
Stork, Song Byungkoo - $50,000 - 1.2006-12.2006
ZergLee, Lee Changhoon - $46,000 - 1.2006-12.2006

LeCaf
AnyTime, Oh Youngjong - $40,000 - 3.2006-2.2007
Bright[z-zone], Kim SungKeon - $24,000 - 3.2006-2.2007
ShinHwA[Name], Choi Karam - $20,000 - 3.2006-2.2007

Ongamenet
ClouD, Cha Jaewook - $40,000 - 6.2006-5.2007
Casy[Alive], Han Dongwook - $36,000 - 6.2006-5.2007
ZeuS, Jeon Taekyu - $18,000 - 6.2006-5.2007

Estro
Tester[gm], Seo Kisoo - $28,000 - 10.2006-9.2007
Eliza, Cho Yongsung - $24,000 - 10.2006-9.2007
Cool[fOu], Kim Wonki - $24,000 - 10.2006-9.2007

Hanbit
GGPlay, Kim Joonyoung - $23,000 - 4.2006-3.2007
DaezanG[GnH], Park Daemahn - $18,000 - 4.2006-3.2007
Free[gm], Yoon Yongtae - $6,000 - 4.2006-3.2007

ondik

Czech Republic2908 Posts

February 07 2011 19:34 GMT

#47

On February 08 2011 02:08 Oxb wrote:
Sorry what?... Clearly you are knew to 'truelly proffesional gaming :-) 20milion USD for a SC:BW team, easily.

and you joined tl 08/2010... yea, you could've been of course lurking and following bw for ages, but..

anyway, in my opinion 20 milion is totally unreal figure. I mean, seriously.. who would be so stupid to sponsor such team? Because there's no way it would pay off for them.

There's also no way the expenses would be so big. As for stated salaries - there's plenty of topics about this and I believe there was hardly any player who earned 500k per year (maybe only Bisu came close because of SKT), I remember some 600k contract (maybe savior or nada) but that was for 3 years. What I know for sure is that average players do not earn 200k a year, this is very wrong. There are teams where the best player doesn't earn even 100k...

So possible number could be maybe 2 milion..

edit: so i did some research - it was indeed Nada with 600k/3y salary, here's source: http://www.mymym.com/en/news/9544.html (they got the numbers from TL lol), it's 3-4 years old but gives you an idea.

also:

On December 29 2008 21:01 Manifesto7 wrote:

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Totally wrong. Last year Free was making 6k... a YEAR.

Players who are not on the A team earn room and board, and MAYBE an allowance. Unless you are making those appearance fees, you aren't getting any significant salary.

Tschis

Brazil1511 Posts

February 07 2011 20:51 GMT

#48

On February 08 2011 03:09 Crappy wrote:

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2millions europe-usa sold in one day.
And like 4 million the first week.
(excluding south korea)

YOU are mixing things up

Nope, You are mixing things up :}

SC2 sold "only" 3~ million in the whole world after a period of 1 month.

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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/09/starcraft-iis-first-month-sales-are-in/

//tx

weeA

India442 Posts

November 24 2011 06:30 GMT

#49

I know there are a few errors in statistics and stuff but the general idea is why can we do a similar thing in other countries.

I am from India where there is no E-sports scene at all and am trying to build one but it is soo hard..

Why can countires like USA SWEDEN etc which have a lot of players start this