EPTIGN to "simplify, focus"; wants to sell IPL - Page 6
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
It injected a bit of life into the game. But I think BW is a much higher level compared to Quake.....It's still a very popular game in SK, much more so than SC2. | ||
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Crowley.
14 Posts
On February 22 2013 04:57 Zealously wrote: I just hope things work out for Kevin and Robin - I've really grown to like those two. And, of course, I hope IPL doesn't drop in quality either. It's reguarly been one of the best tournaments of the year since IPL3, and it'd be a damn shame if that changed. Why? Robin is, objectively, probably the worst caster to hit the scene. People with speech impediments or exceptionally poor English (SNM, Robin, Axslav) should not be hired into a profession where the service you are providing is your voice. A bit more on topic, I am speculating that MLG probably wants to buy out IPL so that it can have all of the major NA assets on lockdown. Although to be fair, you aren't buying much more than the brand name, because they don't seem to have many physical assets or talent assets. It would be good for the scene in the sense that it would decrease saturation (as instead of three major NA broadcasts competing, it would decrease to only two), but then there is the risk of MLG becoming "too big." | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
I'm asking because they have tournaments for allot of games and they don't really seem to focus on actual profit from any of them. Was it for profit or just as marketing to attract more people to their online gaming division at IGN? | ||
KristofferAG
Norway25712 Posts
I sincerely hope they all get to stay on the ship as it's acquired by someone else, they're part of, hell, they're the reason IPL is what it is. | ||
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Footler
United States560 Posts
On the other hand.... Noooooo!!!!! IPL  | ||
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catplanetcatplanet
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Sway.746
United States95 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Yes I know they're losing money, and the idea of someone buying a company that bleeds money and doesn't have a business model is hilarious. | ||
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SynapseSC
United States86 Posts
On February 22 2013 07:41 Sway.746 wrote: Yes I know they're losing money, No you don't. You have absolutely no idea about their financials. | ||
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SunDevil
United States353 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17509 Posts
The only reason they don't close it down "yesterday" is due to agreements and contracts they've already signed. This "sale" is just a way to slither out of the agreements they are already in. The ticket prices are too low and the events are too long to make money. | ||
Chill
Calgary25998 Posts
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BuddhaMonk
781 Posts
I just hope that whoever buys IPL has esports interest at heart and is not looking at it from a "let's use this primarily as a marketing tool for games" standpoint, which was the road IPL seemed to be going down. | ||
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SynapseSC
United States86 Posts
On February 22 2013 07:49 Chill wrote: Loved the IPL. The big lesson here is that businesses need to be profitable. You can't run on charity fumes forever. David Ting has said in multiple interviews that IPL is profitable... so unless you think he's entirely bullshitting? | ||
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iViNtaGe
United States254 Posts
Hopefully they cut kibblez. I really like IPL though. I have lost faith in MLG. | ||
nimdil
Poland3759 Posts
Red Bull could buy it and kind of merge IPL with Battlegrounds. | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On February 22 2013 07:53 SynapseSC wrote: David Ting has said in multiple interviews that IPL is profitable... so unless you think he's entirely bullshitting? source? EDIT: actually you are just flat out wrong. Don't even bother finding a source. http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/jan/07/ipl-spent-over-1-million-years-event-and-lost-money-they-expect-it-make-money-its-fifth-year/ IGN Pro League's founder, David Ting, recently stated that with this past year's IPL events the company had lost money | ||
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StarVe
Germany13591 Posts
On February 22 2013 07:56 nimdil wrote: Red Bull could buy it and kind of merge IPL with Battlegrounds. The Rob Simpson Proleague. | ||
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SynapseSC
United States86 Posts
On February 22 2013 07:59 jmbthirteen wrote: source? EDIT: actually you are just flat out wrong. Don't even bother finding a source. http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/jan/07/ipl-spent-over-1-million-years-event-and-lost-money-they-expect-it-make-money-its-fifth-year/ On the event. As in IPL5. Not overall. IPL4 was break even/profitable as an event. | ||
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Crowley.
14 Posts
On February 22 2013 07:42 SunDevil wrote: I am surprised by the number of economists in the community with in-depth insight of the IPL's revenue flow and profit margins. Also the number of strategic business people who understand completely how IPL fit into IGN's plans. You're quite impressive yourself, thank you for teaching us all that "revenue flow" is a term. | ||
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