Spain only?
It's largely semantics (although there are legal reasons to refer to them as sports, like LoL players now qualify for athletes visas in the US), and e-sports gets used because saying "competitive videogames" is just too unwieldly.
Please tell me your joking where ive bolded, as this appears ridiculous. Why not call it e-games instead of e-sports?
Sounds like a good idea. Hope it will come in France soon.
Don't be so narrowminded and be hung up on the term eSports. It's people competing with their game playing skills, it's as good a reason as any to arrange tournaments where the best confront the best. They just happen to call it eSports.Look maybe I'm alone in this, but I gotta ask:
Am I the only one who finds the concept of ESports to be kind of preposterous.
Its hard to take this seriously as a sport. I only really hold respect for sports that require athelieticisim as a central aspect.
Most of the time there's zero problems with most PSN online games for most people (it's usually something with the game that is the problem, i.e. Battlefield 4, not PSN itself), so there shouldn't be all that much they need to do with PSN itself to keep things rolling relatively problem free.Hmm... shouldn't they sort out the online problems and PSN before introducing something like this? Cool idea though.
I mean... Driveclub is listed as one of the games...
Maybe this league is going to be for players on LAN or something?
Not that I know much about it but seeing some asking to bring this to the US, isn't the esports scene already well established there? Wouldn't Sony be better off taking part in those rather than trying to do something on their own like this?
It's weird seeing Portugal involved since most of the people here usually don't give a rats crap about games.
But if DoA is on that program count me in.
It's weird seeing Portugal involved since most of the people here usually don't give a rats crap about games.
But if DoA is on that program count me in.
Look maybe I'm alone in this, but I gotta ask:
Am I the only one who finds the concept of ESports to be kind of preposterous.
Its hard to take this seriously as a sport. I only really hold respect for sports that require athelieticisim as a central aspect.
Not that I know much about it but seeing some asking to bring this to the US, isn't the esports scene already well established there? Wouldn't Sony be better off taking part in those rather than trying to do something on their own like this?
It's weird seeing Portugal involved since most of the people here usually don't give a rats crap about games.
But if DoA is on that program count me in.
How does it work?
/rimshotVery well if the servers are up.
It's weird seeing Portugal involved since most of the people here usually don't give a rats crap about games.
But if DoA is on that program count me in.
Just got first info on prizes:
- Best player of the season will get one year of PS Plus + 1.000 euro.to expend on PS Store
- Prizes for season's 10 best players. Second gets 500 euro + year of PS Plus.
- Additional prizes for teams and best players on specific games.
- Game-specific prize example: you are the best Battlefield 4 player season one, you get Battlefield: Hardline for free (or maybe additional DLC, etc).
- Info specific to this first League (Spanish), may vary on upcoming Leagues (Portugal, Italy, etc).
- Prizes could be complemented with additional stuff or money, depending on League's sponsors and partners.
There's an interview with League's rep, so more details should pop up soon-ish.
What? People love games here...
Anyway, seems like a cool idea.
Bring it to Portugal, Sony, we are waiting.
Thing is, this guy who gave the prize news, is the League rep AND business manager for ES and PT, so it's just a matter of time after this first soft launch.
Site is up, btw.
Thing is, this guy who gave the prize news, is the League rep AND business manager for ES and PT, so it's just a matter of time after this first soft launch.
Site is up, btw.
Meanwhile, in Germany, they just recently announced a partnership with ESL to revive the local official "PlayStation Liga":
Surely resolving PSN is the priority?
Obviously not, why fix problems when a PR exercise is available.
I feel that e-sports should appear because the gaming community makes it appear and not because some huge publishers want it to appear so they can get more cash and push their PR agenda.
This always feels way more forced and heavy-handed.
All the games listed in the OT are common tournament titles. So i'm not sure how they're forced.
Also, Sony should make a F2P MOBA if it wants some esports munney