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by v_london 1177 days ago
I'll be interested to see how the longevity of e-sports pans out. Most games will be woefully outdated after a decade: will the audience move to the next big game, or stay playing the old games? Or will video games eventually plateau to a point where significant technological advancements are no longer made?

This year saw a time where Chess became the top trending app on the App Store. The strength of traditional sports and games is their timelessness - can e-sports ever match that?
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duskwuff 1177 days ago
> Most games will be woefully outdated after a decade

I don't think the age of a game has much to do with it, especially for games which are receiving ongoing support from the developer.

DotA 2 is 10 years old -- or closer to 20 years if you count the Warcraft 3 map it evolved from -- and still actively played.

CS:GO is 11 years old, and is also an evolution of a Half-Life mod from 2000.

League of Legends is 14 years old.

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nickpeterson 1177 days ago
abstract strategy games like chess, go, and hex are fun ti play but difficult to watch for the layman. You tend to just be watching people think rather than the game itself unless you’re really well versed in it.

Games like counter strike and StarCraft are still entertaining to watch even if you don’t understand the nuances.

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