> younger eyeballs are rapidly being siphoned into eSports and mainstream events will have to start doing something to get their attention
What do the data on this look like? Anecdotally, I know lots of sports fans and very few e-sports fans.
What do the data on this look like? Anecdotally, I know lots of sports fans and very few e-sports fans.
For me, I actually wish esports were more like traditional sports when it comes to game changes, rather than the other way around. There's no chance for truly deep strategies and specializations to develop when the rules are changed every couple months.
They tend to be much more unbalanced than traditional sports. If a "cheese" is found, then the game quickly becomes all about microsecond timing at pulling that strategy off, and no real innovation or change, which at least to me is boring to watch.
That being said, there are esports games that don't really "change" all that much or at all. Games like super-smash-bros melee or super Street fighter ii come to mind, where the "rules" have been fairly stable for a while now.
i think your take is correct in the long run, but developers have a long road ahead of them before they are creating truly balanced games that can endure decades without change.