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[D] GSL Stream/Vod Pricing - Will you buy?

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Merikh
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States918 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 19:04:00
September 01 2010 13:23 GMT
#1
Currently we just found out GSL's live stream and vods will have a price tag attached to them. $20 USD for the live stream HQ (at 500 kbps dl & LQ @ 200/300?) and the VODS will also cost $30 USD to purchase and is also watchable only during the current season.

My question to the community is will you purchase the stream and or the vods? Why or why not.

I personally felt that this poll should get more attention instead of getting buried in the official thread.

Poll: Will you purchase live ticket?

Definately Not (2004)
 
97%

Yes (70)
 
3%

2074 total votes

Your vote: Will you purchase live ticket?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): Definately Not



Poll: Will you purchase vod ticket?

Definately Not (1516)
 
78%

If they decrease the price <$10 (376)
 
19%

Yes (59)
 
3%

1951 total votes

Your vote: Will you purchase vod ticket?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): Definately Not
(Vote): If they decrease the price <$10



Plus: There's nothing better than voicing your opinion in a public user poll Share your thoughts!

Sources: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=149242

On September 02 2010 03:08 Kennigit wrote:
I would get the paid stream if it meant no commercials. Obviously this is not the case - funny that OGN's free stream will be higher bitrate too 0_o


On September 02 2010 01:40 Chill wrote:
I feel the same. The money is next to meaningless at this point for me, but the real problem is two-fold:
- I have no assurance that the stream isn't going to be a disaster with T&A sitting in a closet and having tons of buffering issues.
- I feel so spiteful that GOM thinks this is acceptable that I wouldn't even pay $1.00 at this point.


On September 02 2010 01:06 Chill wrote:
For whatever reason, I feel way more likely to buy an HQ stream if there is a free LQ stream. It feels moreso like an upgrade and in a sense a donation to support something you like.

Having to straight up pay for a stream is a sure way to make sure I (and evidently about 600 other people right now) won't pay.


On September 02 2010 03:34 djWHEAT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 03:16 Shikyo wrote:
Not everyone wastes so much on awful games though. I'm not sure why you're saying it's acceptable either, that's precisely why Activision is so corrupt.

With 30 dollars you get like one month of like 10 different tv channels with different programs 24/7. What they're offering for the amount is completely laughable.

You might enjoy eating chocolate, maybe you want to buy a chocolate bar. Is it reasonable to pay 50$ for it, and do you also call others whiners and QQers if they don't want to buy something so completely overpriced even if they'd enjoy eating it?


You're right not everyone wastes money on (awful? I dunno about that) games - but I'm just saying that as a gamer and what I spend my gaming dollars on... this equates to a better deal than me buying that $60 game that I'll only get 8 hours out of. When it comes to gaming, I look at it like this:

$ SPENT vs TIME PLAYED

If I spent 8 hours playing a $60 game, then I basically spent $7.50 an hour to play.

Let's say that GOMtv does manage to show 150 games and I buy the LIVE package only (this of course assuming the streaming technology works and I'm getting what I paid for) for $20. That equates to $0.13 per game I watch. That's not a bad deal.

Now realistically will I get up for every single game or be able to watch them? Probably not, so let's throw the VOD cost on there too...so now $50 total. So to enjoy every single game whether it's LIVE or VOD, I would be paying a cost of $0.33 per game.

NOW AGAIN this all depends on whether or not the service is actually worth the money... but if I make the assumption that it's viewable... that doesn't seem too bad at all.

And if the Chocolate bar let me eat off it for a month... Maybe $50 isn't so bad for that bar? I guess it's not much different than paying for something in installments vs. one lump sum.


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Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 13:25:35
September 01 2010 13:24 GMT
#2
20 bucks for both vods and high quality stream would be okay. 50 bucks is too much.

EDIT: is it just me or did the gomtv.net website go down?
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lolf
Profile Joined April 2010
Bulgaria49 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 13:27:18
September 01 2010 13:26 GMT
#3
People should go to their forum and post there - http://www.gomtv.net/2010gslopens1/forum/

Also, I don't mind paying, but most of europe gets about 200kbps connection to their servers.
fevax
Profile Joined February 2010
Turkey143 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 13:29:51
September 01 2010 13:27 GMT
#4
Paying differently to vods and livestream is ridiculous. I'd definietly pay 15-20 to both of them but a total of 50 is insane. They should lower the prices if they want anyone to pay. There will probably be pirate streams and vods anyway.
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
September 01 2010 13:27 GMT
#5
can someone purchase and restream? i'd be willing to do that for TL I just don't wanna get in trouble
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HubertFelix
Profile Joined April 2010
France631 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 13:29:41
September 01 2010 13:29 GMT
#6
I'm going to watch korean stream or pirated vods. The price is just a joke for amateur games.
junkacc
Profile Joined July 2010
99 Posts
September 01 2010 13:30 GMT
#7
No. Never.

To Blizz fanboys: PAY UP!!!
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ltortoise
Profile Joined August 2010
633 Posts
September 01 2010 13:34 GMT
#8
I will absolutely not pay. I'm 100% positive the live show will get re-streamed elsewhere or I'll just watch the Korean stream. The VODs will become available as well.

This is not how you grow eSports.
TanX
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Denmark92 Posts
September 01 2010 13:42 GMT
#9
Being a university student I can safely say that there is no way in hell that I am able to pay that much for a replay! 5 bucks a series or something would be possible, but 20 bucks a pop, and 30 bucks vods? forget it.

Good thing the internet is free if you search long enough!
'but this is not supposed to be the old starcraft'
Goatlust
Profile Joined August 2009
Australia131 Posts
September 01 2010 13:44 GMT
#10
I'm with TanX on this. No way in hell I'm paying this as a uni student.
Perkins1752
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany214 Posts
September 01 2010 13:44 GMT
#11
HAHA this will fail so hard. Who the fuck would pay so much money? GG Pirates.
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6184 Posts
September 01 2010 13:45 GMT
#12
If I can get Sky High Quality VOD, I would maybe pay 10$. But it's not even sure.

Somewhere someday, the vod will be available to everyone anyway, it's the internet.
n_n
0neder
Profile Joined July 2009
United States3733 Posts
September 01 2010 13:48 GMT
#13
MAYBE if you could KEEP the VODs. wtf are you doing Blizzard?
Rabbitmaster
Profile Joined August 2010
1357 Posts
September 01 2010 13:48 GMT
#14
This is retarded. Isnt commercials enough?
God is dead.
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
September 01 2010 13:49 GMT
#15
The amount of people voting anything other then definitely not is seriously disgusting. Just...sickening.
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junkacc
Profile Joined July 2010
99 Posts
September 01 2010 13:50 GMT
#16
LOL you do know the TV stations actively troll youtube and the like for IP. Many people get banned off youtube because of this.

They'll probably even come after TeamLiquid if someone posts stuff here.
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Ghardo
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Germany1685 Posts
September 01 2010 13:50 GMT
#17
the methods remind me of their big daddy: tag the services that are most anticipated (and should be for free) with the highest prices so people have to weigh their longing for the respective service against the financial constraints.
making vods more expensive than the free stream when a major part of the viewership is foreign and can't watch all the matches live is extremely sneaky.
NorthernRage
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada28 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 14:02:10
September 01 2010 14:01 GMT
#18
I don't understand something.

Taken from the official thread:

On September 01 2010 18:13 GOMTV wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2010 18:10 velvetone wrote:
Is that each episode/stream you watch charged. Or you pay once you're allowed to watch them all?


You can either buy tickets for the whole season or for 1 day.


Does that mean you have to pay $20 PER day for the stream?!?!
some_noob
Profile Joined August 2010
160 Posts
September 01 2010 14:05 GMT
#19
http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/
theqat
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States2856 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 14:07:01
September 01 2010 14:06 GMT
#20
On September 01 2010 23:01 NorthernRage wrote:
I don't understand something.

Taken from the official thread:

Show nested quote +
On September 01 2010 18:13 GOMTV wrote:
On September 01 2010 18:10 velvetone wrote:
Is that each episode/stream you watch charged. Or you pay once you're allowed to watch them all?


You can either buy tickets for the whole season or for 1 day.


Does that mean you have to pay $20 PER day for the stream?!?!


No; it's $2 per day. $20 is for the whole season.

I will be buying at least a VOD ticket because I can afford it and I can't resist. However, the whole thing is a shame and to that end I hope you all will bump my thread or JWD's thead at http://www.gomtv.net/2010gslopens1/forum/

If we make enough noise on GOM's site, they may reconsider. We're already having an impact on their server
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