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The OIC is launching its first Olympic Games focused on e-sports in Saudi Arabia next year. Saudi Arabia is truly spending money like no other and their controversial crown prince is reportedly a big gamer.

The OIC is launching its first Olympic Games focused on e-sports in Saudi Arabia next year. Saudi Arabia is truly spending money like no other and their controversial crown prince is reportedly a big gamer. https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-enters-a-new-era-with-the-creation-of-olympic-esports-games-first-games-in-2025-in-saudi-arabia

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wait e-sports gets its own Olympics in a random new cycle that's not summer nor winter but a third other cycle? and they choose to announce it a week before the actual 2024 summer olympics?

i respect e-sports but do think this is a total money move by the IOC, no matter how nicely worded the press announcement is.

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but if consumers watch and enjoy (since there's nothing else to watch), isn't that a win-win tho?

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i really love both real sports and e-sports, played and watched a lot of both. I think they're quite different and don't compete with each other (successfuly esports will have its own culture, and won't be a 1:1 of trad sports)

yes ofc, it’s an ego / identity thing since the athlete inside me kinda died a little when i read this