[shard972]

when esports mostly exists as a loss leader to sell video games I don't quite see this vision anytime soon.

[mh-]

I get your point, but I'm not sure loss leader is quite the way to describe it. I think of it as a marketing/promo expense like any other. Are user conferences loss leaders?

Also, RL is free-to-play nowadays. They're banking on in-app purchases, not sales of video games.