I'm sure comp players consider an ALGS based Ranked mode to be fun because they watch the ALGS.
I'm sure people who enjoy watching their favorite pro streamers/content creators would consider more teams during endgame funnier to watch.
Where we differ Recon is that I care about Apex's viewership, which is currently being crushed by Overwatch. Both games released seasonal updates on the same day. I remember years ago when Overwatch players were begging their devs to follow Apex's blueprint. I just checked and Overwatch has 115K viewers compared to Apex's pathetic 20K. Overwatch supports their content creators, similar to Fortnite. Those games understand their gaming philosophy and identity. Apex devs are having a hard time because half of the community is advising them to make the game less competitive, and that's bad for business. This game has to attract and appeal to a competitive-minded fan base to increase viewership, player population, and longevity.
If the devs would rather listen to players who don't care about viewership and understand marketing then they're listening to the wrong people.
Lower viewership coincided with... what? Was it on the decline in the jump master seasons and started to tick up with ALGS style gameplay? I might have thought it could be simply a factor of the age of the game, but Overwatch and Fortnite are both older? I'm just trying to figure out if this is correlation or causation.
"I'm sure people who enjoy watching their favorite pro streamers/content creators would consider more teams during endgame funnier to watch."
That makes perfect sense. And while I'm not embarrassed to admit I'm more concerned with whether it's fun to play than whether it's fun to watch, I can still appreciate the difference between something that's entertaining and something that isn't. Or is less so. But also: if a final circle pile up is fun to watch, then wouldn't an early-game hot dropping pile up also be fun to watch? Even if there was no immediate victory to result? Or is it only fun if it produces a winner? Not trying to be obtuse. Just trying to understand the psychology of something I don't know much about.
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