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And by the way, I don't buy the $50 million number for a second.

Posted by David (aka David) Aug 2 '19, 12:23

That sounds like internet speculation. $20 million is a much more reasonable figure.

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Sort of related, have I mentioned that my daughter's job has evolved to add esports? As you may recall she works for the Charlotte Hornets. She's - pmb Aug 2, 13:09 8
- What are her job duties on that? - David Aug 2, 13:17 7
  - It started with learning the league and putting a proposal together for the team. Now she's hired the coach (who also is sort of the GM in terms of - pmb Aug 2, 13:24 6
    - Awesome! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:32
    - Yeah, we have watched a lot of eSports. It's a much more organic and surprising kind of sports event. - David Aug 2, 13:28 2
      - WAIT!!! Your daughter works for Michael Jordan??? Has she met him? -- nm - David Aug 2, 13:29 1
        
        She does. Not really. She's been in the same place as him (and he was actually supposed to be there when she made the presentation for getting into - pmb Aug 2, 13:31
    - The last line of that IM is awesome. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 13:27 1
      - Apparently they won the championship last year. They were in last place most of the season but they had a special tournament for the last spot in the - pmb Aug 2, 13:33
The number I saw was more like $10 million, but of course it was just people's WAGs. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 12:33 10
- The guy who is 17th in Twitch viewing hours believes that it's $2-$3 million a year for three years. - David Aug 2, 12:56 6
  - 2-3mil a year? If he’s clearing 1mil a month...why drop down? - Will Hunting Aug 2, 13:24 5
    - Also, I read that his subscription base within Twitch had fallen 90%-ish this past 12 months. - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:50 2
      - I think that's a bit misleading. He's still fourth in hours watched, just not first anymore. - David Aug 2, 13:53 1
        
        Probably, yeah. And I have no idea what that means for him money-wise. - Marlowe Aug 2, 13:56
    - You're blurring all of his revenue models. In terms of Twitch earnings, he's indicated he gets about no more than $250k per month. - David Aug 2, 13:42 1
      - But compared to Microsoft overall income / costs, it doesn't seem to be that much. For a service that they have, why not go all out? - JD Aug 2, 14:00
- The number I saw was $312.50 - Spawn Aug 2, 12:45 2
  - The number I saw was $9, but it included two Burger King tacos -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 12:49 1
    - They’re paying people to eat Burger King tacos? Sounds about right. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 13:31

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And by the way, I don't buy the $50 million number for a second.

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