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Your first thought is likely, “So they’re
going to charge us for what we can get now for free on Twitch?” Riot likely
isn’t stupid enough to cut off its millions of viewers of free content, but an
app could provide extra content, such as advanced stat tracking, access to
replays, additional commentary, camera views, etc. In other words, it could
paint itself as a premium service, for the ultra-hardcore League of Legends
fans who want more out of their broadcast, much like advanced cable and
satellite packages for sports that offer best online games free for superfans; the
“basic” level of coverage could remain free. In any case, Riot reducing its
reliance on Twitch is a definite plus.
It’s going to be interesting to see if this
proposed partnership bears fruit, and what it will mean for the burgeoning
e-sports phenomenon as a whole. Very few other e-sports-committed companies
could afford this kind of partnership — Blizzard and Wargaming strike me as the
only other two that might have a chance — though I could see a media company
starting up an “e-sports channel” that covers a variety of smaller games from
multiple publishers. In the meantime, what do you think of Riot’s potentially
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