With @ESPN layoffs around the board and @ESPN Esports doing the same, it seems the future of the news platform being in gaming is unlikely. Jacob Wolf …
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The Death of ESPN Esports
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Why would you watch ESPN Esports, when you have youtube, reddit and whatever is out there…? You can watch whatever you feel like without waiting for stuff you don't care abt…
Enjoy every video. Keep up the great work, moving gaming news forward.
I was a professional journalist for 11 years, Jake. It's a big deal any time the profession contracts. Appreciate your honesty and perspective.
They would get sub 1k views on all their videos
Fucken dead ass channel lol with a fatass that wears his glasses crooked on purpose
This is actually pretty scary
Am i the only one that didn’t know espn had an esports branch ???
ESPN had esports? News to me.
This sounds like a great opportunity for eSports Talk to pick up some talent and expand coverage of the space!!!
lets be real, who the f*ck tuned in for some espn esports
YOU DONT LIKE TALKING TO US?! :O .. 😀
Evil Empire Disney strikes again!
Fionn is the wanna be journalist who couldn't get a proper mic and a camera while doing interviews and such right? Well couldn't stand watching them anyways.
Clickbait title just an opinion
I think the espn esports situation shows that the real future is in grassroots organizations and creators instead of hoping for esports and gaming to be accepted and taken over by major corporations from traditional sports and journalism.
Channels like this are where the heart of the community really lives <3
Let us spread their ashes
Hate to say espn esports was always kinda underwhelming
I hate to break it to you guys because I love games as well but they are not ready for this level yet which is why you will see these companies start to back away like espn has. Video games are not a sport yet. Until tournaments are held on local networks again with zero latency and no outside hardware being brought in (keyboards, mice and controllers should be provided and used like balls in a sport or checked like a boxers wraps) then this is just a giant entertainment bubble that will burst. I would love to see gaming legitimized as a sport but giant cash rewards does not = a sport. Gaming is on the level of WWE. It is sports entertainment and nothing more currently.
Doesn’t matter to a lot of people tbh since these reporters aren’t really do anything in many esports scenes (ex. nothing I know in CS:GO and Dota2).
Gaming culture is cringe and deplorable. It’s the simple reason why things like this happen. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, google search the top pro gamers in each major game and click the images provided. That will tel you all you need to know. Until there is a culture shift for the better, which prioritizes a more masculine, competitive environment, don’t expect things like this to stop happening.
I don’t like the term (death) of espn esports. Covid has caused a lot of issues, and once things ramp back up they will hire more people again and I’m sure espn esports will pick back up.