Valve, on the other hand, has Steam to bankroll its games and takes a light touch with monetization of things like CS:GO, but that doesn't always make for the best esports experience.

On the other hand, look at what that has done for SCII (which, keep in mind, was basically the national sport of Korea for decades). Activision makes great business decisions - they cut properties that aren't performing at the drop of a hate, they are willing to experiment with the most effective monetization strategies, and they are willing to pitch in money to support esports on their games. In terms of company quality, one of the problems you run into is that you are looking for a bit of a unicorn. I'll keep it to the following categories, but feel free to add any more/give any bonus points if you'd likeĬompany Quality Basically how much they keep 'scuminess' to a minimum (Business decisions, Monetization choices, Behind-the-scenes controversies, etc) & how often they genuinely listen to community feedback & use that feedback to it's bestĬommunity Quality Basically how friendly the community is both in & out of game (Or at least, as friendly as competitive games CAN get, especially team games)Įsports Quality Basically how lively and/or clean the esports scenes (Popular enough without having too many controversies, yes I'm looking at YOU smash players)īalance Quality Basically how satisfied people are with the balance/meta & have been for a long time (Yeah this is the most subjective out of the 4 I know, so feel free to skip this if U feel like 'it depends') What I mean by objective is anything that can be measured as 'good or bad' with relative ease.

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