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Kira__
Sweden2672 Posts
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LoB
United Kingdom32 Posts
On February 28 2012 07:38 synaptik wrote: whats your point? if they can offer a superior product at a better value, who cares if they aren't an independent company? as part of IGN they can spread their costs and achieve economies of scale. this is how competition works - deeper pocketed organizations make the entire industry stay on their toes and benefits the consumers. i also bet at $5 IPL will bring in more revenue than MLG's $20 ppv weekend because the overall number of buyers will be much more than 4x winter arena. simple supply and demand. welcome to the real world. You clearly didn't understand my point. I was clearly stating that comparisons between MLG and IPL/IGN are laughable because their income and expenditure of the two are completely different and one is propped up by a larger parent company. There is an economical reason why one is more expensive than the other, you failed to grasp that. Throwing in made up stats to justify your arguement is a tell-tale sign of clutching at straws. Also "supply and demand" you should look up what that means because esports is not at that point yet with a ppv model. | ||
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
On February 28 2012 07:25 TheTurk wrote: SO MANY KOREANS. ''O.O If i saw any less i would be disappointed personally. | ||
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yoshi245
United States2969 Posts
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Scrandom
Canada2819 Posts
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VATO_Gandair
United States232 Posts
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InsidiA
Canada1169 Posts
atleast no toss :p | ||
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Doses
United States61 Posts
 happy to support - love the value | ||
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Thurken
961 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:10 LoB wrote: You clearly didn't understand my point. I was clearly stating that comparisons between MLG and IPL/IGN are laughable because their income and expenditure of the two are completely different and one is propped up by a larger parent company. There is an economical reason why one is more expensive than the other, you failed to grasp that. Throwing in made up stats to justify your arguement is a tell-tale sign of clutching at straws. Also "supply and demand" you should look up what that means because esports is not at that point yet with a ppv model. But in the end they both want to make money, so if IPL can do that with charging 5$ a month, i'd understand that MLG could charge 50% higher but not 400% higher for just a weekend of content instead of a whole month. | ||
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dezi
Germany1536 Posts
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ShAdZ_ZX
Australia635 Posts
IPL can afford to provide such a low price point because IGN is obviously very financially stable. They can afford to to put money into the IPL and not necessarily make much of a profit now because they realize there will be profit in the future. $5 for a month of content is such a great deal for fans that I'm worried people will consider this price point standard. The fact that everyone is already comparing to MLG and saying how much better a deal it is a bad sign IMO. I'm not defending MLG or anything, they definitely did some things poorly. But there is nothing wrong with taking steps towards making Starcraft 2 a profitable industry. They just tried to take too big a step. | ||
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Toshirotl
Portugal128 Posts
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Lorch
Germany3666 Posts
Also good to see that most of the preseeded players this time around are koreans, hope we get some more top notch foreigners/koreans to fill those remaining spot, should be good games. At people playing the price game: If MLG had IGN behind them they'd only charge 5 bucks too.... Also I doubt IPL will pay all player flights and hotels. | ||
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tdt
United States3179 Posts
Love everything about IPL professionalism, casters, weekly events, business model. | ||
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iamcup
Finland58 Posts
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Black17
France435 Posts
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LoB
United Kingdom32 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:16 Thurken wrote: But in the end they both want to make money, so if IPL can do that with charging 5$ a month, i'd understand that MLG could charge 50% higher but not 400% higher for just a weekend of content instead of a whole month. You don't know the cost of the event or have the data to justify any price it was the first ppv event in this media type, MLG came before IPL announced their price. It is like saying that a local bakery should "take notes" from the supermarket cost of bread it doesn't make any economic sense. | ||
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Premier
United States503 Posts
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Meaph
Germany53 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:16 Thurken wrote: But in the end they both want to make money, so if IPL can do that with charging 5$ a month, i'd understand that MLG could charge 50% higher but not 400% higher for just a weekend of content instead of a whole month. + With a big part of the viewer beeing students and/or pupils without anybig of an income - but never the less with the will to support their favorite computer game - guess what brings more money: 25 000 x$5 or 2500 x $20? €: + You normally get bunch more money out of sponsors by simply having more people watching the stream, which makes up for higher income though adds -> free stream = more viewer in that simple case. | ||
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ZBusterZ
Peru49 Posts
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