Looks like Sony is going to finally start taking eSports seriously. PlayStation announced a partnership with ESL to launch PlayStation Tournaments which is essentially their eSports platform.
While the Press was fairly minimal there were some interesting details mentioned:
NBA2K7 has never been a big draw on both the viewership or event side – but that will probably change once Marketing and Money come in. But why NBA2K7?
More than likely to coincide with the start of the 2017 NBA Season. Now that’s a smart Marketing move and will get some extra free Press. The initial NBA2K7 PlayStation Tournaments will only future single player games but Sony hinted that multiplayer support will be coming soon.
The big question around the tournament will be the standard 1-on-1 mode and the games will not be held in the MyPark or 2K Pro-Am modes. Considering the ever increasing prize pools across the eSports landscape – $4M for Call of Duty World League alone – the top 3 players of every major tournament will win “a DualShock 4 controller and other PlayStation” gear.
