The esports bubble POPS / Where do we go now? - The Four Horsemen S2E10 (feat. Devin Nash)

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Devin Nash, former CLG CEO, joins the show to discuss the onset of esports winter and the looming issues with the broader industry. The Four Horsemen trace the failures of monetization that brought us to this point, as well as the zealous over-investment that caused the esports bubble. They discuss how viewership was assumed to be exponentially increasing, the inflation of player salaries, the lack of media rights, the failure of properly serving advertisers, and more.

Devin Nash's video on the collapse of esports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgm2iZLPQw

The Four Horsemen is the premier esports industry show that reacts to important news and critical conversations across all major titles. Esports veterans Duncan "Thorin" Shields, Richard Lewis, and Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles use their decades of experience to shed light and debate on key esports topics as they emerge. Each episode they are joined by an expert guest to help further provide insider information on the topic at hand.

This episode was filmed on April 14th, 2023.

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:05:57 - LCS teams for sale + LCS viewership
0:12:46 - Expectations vs reality in esports
0:38:37 - Esports failed in marketing
1:05:27 - The publishers' role
1:19:00 - Inflated player salaries
1:37:49 - Other grievances + what can be done?
1:56:00 - Where esports is headed
2:34:35 - New wave of esports?
2:57:52 - Closing thoughts

YouTube url:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2cvHZusiic
Created:	16. 4. 2023 20:44:38

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The esports bubble POPS / Where do we go now? - The Four Horsemen S2E10 (feat. Devin Nash)