Well, dang... https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49146644 A US teenager has won a record-breaking $3m (£2.4m) to become world champion of the computer game Fortnite. It is the largest prize pool in the history of e-sports, with $30m shared amongst the winners. Kyle Giersdorf, 16, won the solo event of the competition in the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, which hosts the US Open tennis tournament. Jaden Ashman - a 15-year-old from Hornchurch, London - won almost £1m for coming second in the duos event. And another British teenager - 14-year-old Kyle "Mongraal" Jackson from Sidcup, Kent - also walked away with a major prize......
Fortnite seems like the opposite of what would make a good competitive game. Congrats to that kid! Now Epic Ive got like a million bug reports for you heh.
I find it incredible how much some games bring in. Like League of Legends still brings in tons of cash, and it’s a rip off, of a map in an strategy game. Im not surprised that Fortnite players are making bank right now though. Epic Games takes a pretty good chunk for royalties, and UE 4 has seen it’s fair share of giant successes the last couple years.
What don't you understand about it? My opinion is it's amazing you can win millions for playing a video game? I guess no more crazy than getting paid millions to play basketball. I am not surprised by it. It's just me reflecting on growing up and seeing the evolution of video games from the Atari to the Xbox1/PS4/Switch/computers and the rise of competition. Though there were competitions back in the day. Arcade games, the NES competition etc. It isn't new. I couldn't imagine years ago as a kid that you would be able to win millions for playing video games.
There are some older guys who have been making games for 30 years now that are legitimately surprised by the success of the industry and esports. Really until the last 10ish years the whole industry was basically considered a nerd niche.
