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Is Professional Gaming a Sport?

Gotgame writes:

"We're only two weeks away from the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit National Championship in Las Vegas, NV.

The winner is looking at six figures in prize money and the best attainable bragging rights.

There's money, fame, national titles and groupies. Sounds like what we'd expect from professional sports. But the explosion of attention on professional gaming revives the debate- will it ever be a sport?"

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PirateThom5672d ago

Good God, this again?!

NO!

It's not a sport. It's not in anyway a sport, just like darts isn't a sport.

PS360WII5672d ago

Hey if they get paid and get sponsors then why not. They are making everything else a sport why not video games.

GiantEnemyCrab5672d ago

No! I don't call poker players or chess players athletes and I don't call what they do a sport. Ugh, how many times does this question get asked? Anyway, I am into gaming to play games, not watch some pimply faced tween play them for me but props to those who enjoy that.

Rockstar5672d ago

If speed walking and hunting can be sports,

This can definitely be a sport.

BlackTar1875671d ago

MLG is more like a amateur league to me. i dont think you can claim to be the final word/ have the best and only pull feom a small pool. Although I agree it should stay i think all consoles should be included otherwise your not major of anything. In MLB,NFL,NBA etc. there is no school's that are excluded just obv. very few picked. I dont see how it can claim to be a sport and exclude so many.

I dont see how you can claim to be the ocean but only cover the area of a small lake.

They pull from 2 pools out of 4 so i think its BS

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Final Fantasy X Remake Rumors Are Reportedly False, Final Fantasy IX Remake Exists

Rumors regarding a Final Fantasy X remake being in development are false, while those regarding a Final Fantasy IX remake are true.

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JL293019h ago(Edited 19h ago)

Why would they skip VIII with a chance to improve it? All hearsay.

Goodguy0113h ago(Edited 13h ago)

Agreed VIII is very underrated and deserves a remake as well. 9 I think I understand though as it has a more cartoony style and should be easier to remake. As VIII has that realism look, it'd take eons for square to remake the game as long as VII.

JL29309h ago(Edited 9h ago)

I would say no matter the art style any complete remake is going to take the same type of effort.

I just don't see them randomly skipping a game either way, I think they had planned to remake all the PS1/PS2 games when they decided to make FF7 Remake. They are banking on nostalgia because their newer games aren't doing well.

Goodguy0113h ago(Edited 13h ago)

X getting a remake would be pretty cool actually. The original does have a lot of grand scale stuff which definitely wasn't possible on the ps2 so you could really tell it's outdated if you were to replay it.

And boy oh boy...a modern take on blitzball...

Square would unfortunately rid of the turn based though lol.

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Hellblade 2 is a Movie Masquerading as a Game and Falling Short on Both / RollingStone

Xbox’s psychological thriller is confidently made, but lacks depth beyond its aesthetics.

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 review - a saga to be seen, not played - VideoGames

Senua’s Saga could have been a movie, but it fails as a video game.

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repsahj1h ago

That thumbnail image is the real meaning of psychosis.

ravens521h ago

"Fails as a VIDEO GAME** " Which it's supposed to be... Even in the perfect reviews they're putting gameplay on the back burner like THATS NOT WHAT ITS ABOUT 🤯. Make it make sense.

Profchaos1h ago

Gave it a try earlier today ok PC runs really well on my older 2070 card on high with dlss

it's actually good it's visually impressive but nothing we haven't seen before.

Play it for the visuals the rest wasn't for me the constant voices in your head sluggish pace just bored me I found it overly cinematic I understand if people's love it but it wasn't in my taste I still think it's a good game just one I won't return to

ravens5258m ago

Objectively, would you say it's a 10/10 perfect game?

Sonic188149m ago(Edited 45m ago)

After finishing it in 6 hours no. It's an linear experience but I thought the first game was better and longer. I still thought the first game was mediocre though. The best thing about this game is the graphics

Profchaos31m ago

Not in my tastes no. In my playtime it didn't deliver anything I found engaging it was just another game.

There's a certain type of person who this may appeal to but I'm not it and I feel like that's why the scores are so spread out the games story is hugely subjective it's delivery I found boring others may feel intrigued by

andy8551m ago

What sort of performance are you getting? I'm just finishing up the first one before I start it

Profchaos28m ago

I haven't looked at frame rates but it feels fluid in high like at least 60 with dlss I can't notice any issues or shader compilation stutter it's honestly one of the most polished PC launch games I've played lately which is a nice change