Good, NRG leaves Apex for good and openly said its all EA's fault
more and more teams are following too. NRG is just the beginning. good to see EA's downfall.
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Sad fun fact:
Literally every player who competed in the last ALGS could quit today and EA would genuinely remain un-phased.
Why? Because there are more people who want to compete in ALGS than there are actual ALGS players. It’s a void that would continually be filled by people who want to “be the best”.
For this reason, EA really doesn’t care.
I think EA cares more about content creators on social media. Why? Because content creators save the company millions on advertisements. If tomorrow— magically— everyone stopped creating content for Apex, EA would have to shell out millions for advertising.
So ultimately, the executives don’t care about:
-Professional players leaving
-Professional players wanting fair cuts of revenue for merchandise/skins
-Matchmaking fairness
-The legitimate woes of people in groups smaller than the majority
-Anything that isn’t directly correlated to maximized profit margins
I know this sounds incredibly negative but this is the truth.
@Axs5626Sxa5001 Yes, but people will not watch Apex players who play as badly as themselves, and that is why esports people, like sports people, get paid and it matters when they quit. I mean, for sure a lot of people would suit up in NFL uniforms or European soccer leagues, but no advertising agency would pay close to the cost of covering such an event. It's why you don't even get coverage of most college football teams unless, you know, they play for the known schools. Or its on some esoteric cable channel at best.
Respawn could not care all it wants but if it is going to spend money even having an esports event for Apex, then people are going to want to see good play. I presume. If people are tuning in for garbage play than that is on them.
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