This year's Evolution Championship Series, colloquially known as EVO 2013, was the most-watched fighting game tournament ever broadcast through Twitch.tv, according to the streaming site's VP of marketing, Matthew DiPietro.
Super Smash Bros. was almost cut from the Evolution 2013 stream schedule and that was sort of mysterious. Now some light has been shed on the entire issue in this article.
"From a Marketing perspective, Smash is dangerous because of the content/playstyle of the game. Iconic Nintendo mascots beating the hell out of each other is an awesome gameplay experience, no one will challenge that fact, but from an overall Marketing view it’s, well, dangerous. The popular image of Mario, the widely publicly recognized one, can never be of him beating the hell out of Princess Peach or, say, of Link tossing Zelda into the fires of Brinstar, Pikachu hitting Jigglypuff with a baseball bat, so on, so forth."
That is the stupidest reason I've ever heard. BS
I doubt many casual Gamers would even watch EVO.
The fighting game community is having a great year, and that showcases why they are the premier group to watch in the E-Sports realm. Let's explain why the FGC tournament scene is so fun and captivating to watch:
This week, Stafa and Kevin talk about Sleeping Dogs and The Swapper. Main topics is on franchises and its effect on the industry. News on Evo, E-Sports players as pro athletes, Monaco, Tribes Ascend, Froza 5, Socom and MAG, and OUYA fund
Nice it was extremely fun too watch cant wait for next year hope they put in Soul Calibur 2HD for MK9 but keep Injustice if they fix superman.
they must have made tons of money in subscriptions and advertisement revenue.
and to think of all the bullshit N4G articles ive read in the past: "Are Fighting Games Dying?"
well, there you go gaming "journalists". there you go.
now to get me some SF x T in the next 17 min while its still on steam sale!!!!!!!!!!! :O
I hope to see more 3D fighters next year! TTT2 showing was great but they only had SCV has a side-tourney. How about some DOA5:U and VF5:FS next EVO?
Amazing. Just goes to show how far gaming has come. What used to be "nerdy" is now mainstream