traditional sports

4 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 26, 2019 by Bobby Kotick · across every show →

Everything said about traditional sports, oldest first

Feb 26, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Video games will eventually become as popular as traditional sports
“Video games is the only competitive medium that is going to give me that experience, and that purpose, and that sense of belonging, and that camaraderie that you get from sport. And so of course it's going to be as popular as sport, if not more popular as spor…”
Bobby Kotick Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 21:57 a16z Podcast | Gaming Goes Mainstream
Jun 7, 2019 positive
Insight
Kulikin: Esports holds structural advantage over traditional sports in audience participation
“Gaming and eSports has like such a huge advantage over traditional sports, right? Like the idea of like the version you hear of this in the kind of traditional sports media ecosystem is like, oh, we're going to let gambling happen, right? And it's like, that's…”
Darcy Kulikin Jun 7, 2019 ▶ 20:59 What's Next for Esports Startups
Jun 7, 2019 positive
Insight
Kulikin: Esports has a blank slate advantage over traditional sports
“E-sports and gaming just has such a huge advantage because they're coming from a blank slate, right? And they're coming from an audience that, that they can define how that consumption happens.”
Darcy Kulikin Jun 7, 2019 ▶ 15:41 What's Next for Esports Startups
Jun 7, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chen: Talent is migrating from traditional sports into esports
“A lot of the talent is sort of moving from traditional sports into eSports in order to sort of supercharge the IQ, you know, within all of this, which is super fascinating.”
Andrew Chen Jun 7, 2019 ▶ 17:17 What's Next for Esports Startups
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