[Q] Is DotA 2 really going to blowup?

[changeofpace]

yall talk about how dota 2s still in beta (which valve says its not and theyve exited the beta phase) and how its gonna kill sc2/lol in terms of esports and this games gonna be massive etc etc

invites cost 5$ which is 12x cheaper than a regular game. are we really expecting the playerbase to double/triple when dotas announced f2p

obviuosly it's going to grow even if no new players are introduced but are we really expecting gargantuan growths

[Legato]

no

[KZZ]

don't know

[Fudge]

Valve says there are currently 1 million players. And I assume another 1 million will be a conservative estimate once its released and double that if China adopts Dota 2. So, 3-4 million seems really plausible. But, I guess the true dream is somewhere around 10 million players.

[Legato]

people act like this game hasn't already been basically free for 10 years

[changeofpace]

also blow ups two words

[changeofpace]

whatever ill just say it was too long to fit

[qweasdzxcdot]

DotA2 will NOT be F2P. I have an insider.

[MrSoada]

DotA2 will NOT be F2P. I have an insider.

hey you're a funny guy

[qweasdzxcdot]

hey you're a funny guy

How so?

[Kamikrazy]

I don't think the price is going to be that relevant. The game has such a steep learning curve that I don't think a lot of people are going to tackle it without a friend standing by their side for that first month or so of them getting shit on. And anyone with a friend like that most likely has access to a beta key anyways...

I mean, of course it's going to grow but it's not going to be some huge blow up.

[Papa KFC]

china? once the kinks get worked out and the game is actually playable for the majority of Chinese gamers, you'll see your blowup

[ratchet fuel bro]

once it gets optimized for lower end pcs, it'll blow the fuck up in asia

[Legato]

yeah Asia doesn't count

[ratchet fuel bro]

legato all the quotes in ur sig suck except levents

[Legato]

legato all the quotes in ur sig suck except levents

[5-s]

Ur guy must be more inside than icefrog and gaben then
Also it will double or triple, but even that wouldn't be "blowing up". $5 is for reddit nerds, not for the general public.

[Yossarian]

there will be gargantuan growths

imagine a penis at halfmast waiting to blow its load

the load will blow SLOWLY but even then its still gotta get fully erect! haha!

[Cooldoggie]

itll get much bigger than it is now, most people who are interested/will be interested dont know you can get invites for 5 bucks

[Goody]

Alright i might be wrong & confused But..

I dont think dota 2 is ever going to be as huge as LoL or even get close to LoL prize pools and players.

LoL got a lot of money out of the asian community, but i think their biggest sucess was making into the korean scene, now they are so huge there (like sc2) and they get a lot of money there.

Then dota is famous in china, But valve wont make that much money out of the chinese market because they need a middle man and shit to actually get money out of china. So of course the chinese company in charge of dota 2 in china is gonna get a lot of money and dota 2 its gonna be really huge in china. but it will remain the same everywhere else. its just gonna be like dota 1, for 1 euro/american tournament, there will be 2-3 chinese tournaments, with bigger prize pool.
So china alone is gonna have more players than everywhere else combined. The only way for the no-chinese to get something out of that big number is making world tournaments (since dota 2 unlike dota 1 provides better servers and now u can practically play against any1 in any part of the world and it will get easier with time)

pd: I'm refering to China/korea because both of them stream games in TV, which is the main scource of money since its better than a web stream.