ESL & FaceIt werden für 1,5 Mrd. $ (1 Mrd. für die ESL, 500 Mio. für FaceIt) von der Savvy Gaming Group (SGG) übernommen. Dahinter steckt der Public Investment Fund (PIF), ein Staatsfonds aus Saudi-Arabien. ESL, FaceIt, ESEA, DreamHack existieren weiterhin nebenher und fokussieren sich wohl auf verschiedene Segmente (ESL = Turniere, ESEA = Team-based competition, FaceIt = PUGs, DreamHack = Festivals)
Die ESL FaceIt Group hat auf Ihrer Website die strategische Ausrichtung skizziert. U. a. gehört hierzu:
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FACEIT and ESEA allying to fight cheating even more effectively by sharing tech, infrastructure and data capabilities, and to provide better solutions to other tournament organizers
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Promote more stability for the NA scene through more incentives for professional teams, more operational and communication capabilities, and a richer schedule of competitions
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Support the development of local scenes by funding third party local organizers and by expanding our calendar of grassroots programs
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Keep investing in “path to pro” by providing the best up-and-coming players with new opportunities to grow and a chance to be put in the spotlight at professional events
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Rewards for fans watching all our CS:GO content via FACEIT point drops on both our own and official co-streamer’s channels
To de discussed: 1,5 Mrd $ - was macht ESL & FaceIt so viel wert? Wie seht ihr die Entwicklung? Wie sieht ihr die strategische Ausrichtung?