Speedhaak wrote:dynamiteReady wrote:Big thing for Microsoft, thinking strategically, is that it buys them an immediate stronghold in the Asian gaming market*. Especially Korea and China.
This is it really, an absolute win for them with the likes of Starcraft being WILDLY popular in that region.
Knight wrote:Speedhaak wrote:dynamiteReady wrote:Big thing for Microsoft, thinking strategically, is that it buys them an immediate stronghold in the Asian gaming market*. Especially Korea and China.
This is it really, an absolute win for them with the likes of Starcraft being WILDLY popular in that region.
Not really anymore tbh. SC2 was never as big in Korea as Brood War and Brood War is very old. There isn’t really any Dev. support for either game these days.
regmcfly wrote:Knight wrote:Speedhaak wrote:dynamiteReady wrote:Big thing for Microsoft, thinking strategically, is that it buys them an immediate stronghold in the Asian gaming market*. Especially Korea and China.
This is it really, an absolute win for them with the likes of Starcraft being WILDLY popular in that region.
Not really anymore tbh. SC2 was never as big in Korea as Brood War and Brood War is very old. There isn’t really any Dev. support for either game these days.
There are still TV channels dedicating themselves to that and Counterstrike so I would query this.
Minnesänger wrote:It’s nothing to do with China. Can assure you all that.
nick_md wrote:I would question Knights declaration that SC2 was _never_ as big in Korea, another cursory Google (I do everything half arsed) suggests BW pros eventually moved onto 2, even if just for a while. I reckon there was probably a window where the sequel was bigger, by streaming anyway. But who knows. Someone, probably.
Knight wrote:regmcfly wrote:Knight wrote:Speedhaak wrote:dynamiteReady wrote:Big thing for Microsoft, thinking strategically, is that it buys them an immediate stronghold in the Asian gaming market*. Especially Korea and China.
This is it really, an absolute win for them with the likes of Starcraft being WILDLY popular in that region.
Not really anymore tbh. SC2 was never as big in Korea as Brood War and Brood War is very old. There isn’t really any Dev. support for either game these days.
There are still TV channels dedicating themselves to that and Counterstrike so I would query this.
Everything I said about SC is true. I’ve been following it as a competitive game since it came out.
nick_md wrote:Well SC2 requires 30gb space and SC+BW requires <2gb so explain that one.
nick_md wrote:You all saw the tweet showing how much he gets if he's let go, right?
Unlikely wrote:Is it like a genetically fucked up dolphin.
Paul the sparky wrote:Hey, look! The joke he did but worse!
regmcfly wrote:Thinking about turning gamepass onto basically being a legit emulator - does this buy them Pitfall, for example?
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