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WSVG Explains Event Closure
GameDaily had a chance to talk with Matt Ringel, the president of Games Media Properties, the company formerly sponsoring the World Series of Video Games. Matt and the site work through why the cancellation was so sudden, and what lead to the event's nixing. "It was a combination of factors. There are indeed a number of organizers competing at a high level, and advertising in the whole space has been a bit slow -- in part because advertisers are trying to decipher the relative merits and differences among the various organizations. Meanwhile, Games Media Properties, parent company of the WSVG, has an online business that is doing well. As appealing as competitive gaming will become in the future, the company wanted to put all [its] focus on the business that is able to perform today."
More likely because it's hard to separate the valid claims put forth by the competing organizers from the bullshit. And also not worth the effort. How many viewers actually watch these things on TV... or pay to watch them live? I'm a huge gamer and I don't watch (or have any interest in) professional gaming. If I've got a couple of spare hours, I'd rather play videogames than watch someone else play them.