Brian Singerman says esports business models only work for game publishers
Brian Singerman · #33: Yes/No, Vision Pro? w/Special Guest Brian Singerman, Founders Fund · More or Less Podcast · Feb 9, 2024 · at 46:53
Founders Fund partner Brian Singerman explains to Dave Morin why media rights and advertising-based business models in competitive esports struggle to achieve commercial viability in the U.S.
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“And that's why a lot of these esports things are pretty challenging other than for the game developers themselves, because they can sell a lot of copies of their games because parents buy kids games, right? But any other model in terms of the esports portion of it is really tricky.”
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