{"id":62259,"date":"2016-05-17T18:55:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T22:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/2016\/05\/17\/overwatch-le-jeu-dont-la-scene-competitive-des-fps-avait-besoin\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:37:34","slug":"overwatch-the-game-the-competitive-fps-scene-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2016\/05\/17\/overwatch-the-game-the-competitive-fps-scene-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"OVERWATCH: The game the competitive FPS scene needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

My prediction:<\/strong><\/p>\n

By 2018, Overwatch will be the benchmark for First Person Shooter (FPS) games..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think I’m going too far?<\/p>\n

Let’s first analyze who can aspire to the title. <\/p>\n

Note: This article is an automated translation. For the original article, click on Fran\u00e7ais in the menu.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Currently, there are mainly Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and Call of Duty. Some might say Battlefield, but I think all the current hype is only related to the fact that Call of Duty players are reacting very badly to the game’s new trailer. We’ll discuss this in more detail later.<\/p>\n

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/strong><\/p>\n

Developed by Valve and released in 2012, CS:GO dominates the charts for total prize money awarded for an FPS, with a total amount of US$14,212,420.95 [1].<\/p>\n

Historically, the Counter-Strike series has always been present in the esports scene, but it was in 2014 that the numbers really exploded, going from 119,764 players (January 2014) to 455,508 players (January 2015). [2]<\/p>\n

This explosion can be explained by several simple factors.<\/p>\n

Steam<\/em><\/strong>: Owned by themselves (Valve), they have one of the best video game distribution tools on the market. Thanks to the big sales they hold a few times a year, all their games gain a lot of visibility..<\/p>\n

Lack of Real Competitors:<\/strong> Having experienced it personally, there was a real crisis in the FPS world in 2014 where PC gamers were looking for a game. If we hadn’t been a multi-gaming organization, Boreal Gaming (under Clan Bros) would not have survived this crisis.<\/p>\n

– Battlefield is fun, but it’s not suited to competitive gaming.<\/p>\n

– Titanfall, which was supposed to revolutionize everything, was ultimately not embraced by the community.<\/p>\n

– Call of Duty: Ghosts (November 2014) and Call of Duty: Advance Warfare (November 2015) were also extremely disappointing.<\/p>\n

– Halo had been a thing of the past for several years.<\/p>\n

Skins:<\/strong> For those who didn’t know, when you play CS:GO, you have a chance to receive a free skin or a chest containing a skin. It is then possible to sell this skin directly on Steam, to receive Steam money, or to sell it at a lower cost for real dollars on sites like OPSkins. The amounts vary from a few cents to several thousand dollars. This is how a real market was created. As long as we don’t have a game that satisfies us 100%, we might as well take the one where we have a chance to make money. With skins having a real market value, we have seen an explosion of sports betting and lottery sites. We will talk about this last phenomenon in another article.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty<\/strong><\/p>\n

A die-hard COD player since Call of Duty 2 (2005), I abandoned the series after Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 because the PC version of Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward) is just a copy-paste of previous versions, so all the old hacks work on it from day 1.<\/p>\n

On console, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 2012) gave the series a lot of prestige, as the first esports at the X Games, and helped MLG reach its current position.<\/p>\n

To see the current community mood towards the new Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, this photo is a good summary.<\/p>\n

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Note: I’m aware that many people are just sheep and downvoted the video just because they thought it was funny, but still.<\/p>\n

Overwatch<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is Overwatch?<\/p>\n