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[doodlebug4] 14/2/2020 11:21

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[doodlebug4] 14/2/2020 09:56

Walmart Is Investing in eSports: Here's What You Need to Know
by Leo Holman – on Feb 13, 2020 in CBR Exclusives, Video Games

As genre of eSports is continues to grow year after year, more companies are deciding to throw their cash on the table to see what an investment can get them. The video game industry as a whole has raked in billions of dollars, so it makes sense that corporations would want to get in on the latest trends.

The commercial giant Walmart has become the latest interested party, and has spent a huge amount of money in its bid to become a player in the eSports game. This move could go far beyond just creating more spaces for eSports to occur. Walmart and its partner's initiatives could change the eSports field as we know it.

Two years ago, Walmart quietly started a small project. They partnered with Esports Arena, a chain of indoor arenas and centers dedicated to eSports. These locations are meant to host tournaments and events, and the company has been working on building its brand for a few years already. By all accounts, their growth has been going pretty well. Walmart initially opened three Esports Arena locations inside of its stores, and quickly expanded to seven. These arenas have all the major consoles, as well as PC stations, and they host tournaments there at night. Players can compete or practice there during the day for a small fee, much like the cyber cafes that have mostly died out throughout the country.

These locations, unlike the mostly forgotten cyber cafes, are thriving. Gaming's popularity is only increasing, and placing these eSports sites inside of a place that already gets huge traffic is actually a genius idea. Gamestop is slowly decaying, and people are more often than not getting their physical games and accessories from places like Walmart. So why not get your games and your competition in the same place?

Walmart will be expanding the number of Esports Arena locations from the current 7 to 18 by the end of the first quarter of 2020. These locations are paying dividends, and Walmart is not letting up on the gas. However, the biggest thing to come out of this investment may be yet to come.

[doodlebug4] 13/2/2020 11:28

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[hazl] 13/2/2020 09:12

...the merged company will own the largest esports gaming network in high school and university students in Australia.




and the largest network of organised club level esports in Australia.

[doodlebug4] 12/2/2020 12:30

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[hazl] 10/2/2020 07:27

thanks to aiden

[hazl] 09/2/2020 12:17

The chart has been positive for a while.

[stoxx67] 09/2/2020 11:56

i do hope so DB

[doodlebug4] 09/2/2020 11:37

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[hazl] 08/2/2020 17:53

Cyberbub great post and I agree entirely.
Let's be realistic we are paying a fraction of a penny for a small chance, that this will be a payment of choice for as stated, large publishers.
IS it likely?
Well, we already have people interested and have put their money where their mouth is.
If we had any more positives we would have to pay more for our shares.
What you have perhaps is a bet on that success.
It's all about risk/reward surely?

[stoxx67] 08/2/2020 16:20

not by the market it isn't DB ;)

[doodlebug4] 08/2/2020 16:12

Correct me if I'm wrong chaps, but I think BLU's stake in SatoshiPay is valued at £4.7mill.?

[okspookie] 08/2/2020 15:31

our 25% is worth GBP10M

only if someone is willing to pay that figure

like selling a property

u can put whatever value u want on it

but in the end it's only worth what a buyer will pay for it

[cyberbub] 08/2/2020 14:34

Remember that Satoshipay was valued at E50m in their last funding round. So our 25% is worth GBP10M. That dwarfs these eSports investments where our holdings are worth a few hundred thousand max (at present). Satoshipay also has astounding 'potential' to change payment models across the entire internet, rather than eSports which people can take or leave.The bottom line for success for Satoshipay is for them to sign up major publishers. Publishers who have desirable and popular content, who are willing to take a risk in setting up a micropayments system (ie. the risk that their readers will not pay and will desert them), across a wide part of their content stream. This is what's necessary to get customers to start getting used to the new system. It's not difficult in terms of a marketing concept - but whether it's achievable, and can reach critical mass rather than fizzling out, is the big question. I hope Satoshipay have a decent team of salespeople!Bear in mind also that Alex Springer and Borsenmedia have skin in the game in terms of promoting their own investment in Satoshipay...NAI DYOR etc

[hazl] 07/2/2020 18:42

Oh come on some people are never pleased!

I might sell up personally if SatoshiPay wasn't part of Bluestar.

[hazl] 07/2/2020 18:06

Again look at the recent trend.
For BLU it is defnitely up.....look at the chart for the lastfew months,despite today's drop!

[hazl] 07/2/2020 18:03

I still think that SatoshiPay was just too soon for the ordinary citizen.

Perhaps it's time has just arrived with the German company showing such support!

I would be extremely disappointed if it wasn't part of the deal,though I don't see why they have to have raises for something so intangible.
From memory the last raise was above or near market price though,so can't grumble.

Esports,is the current trend, but who's to say these investments are going to do well?
I think the mix is good personally....it's just like the VR market we are used to these phenomena but the rest of society isn't quite ....yet.

Watch this space!

[doodlebug4] 07/2/2020 17:41

I can't see a queue forming to buy at the moment, perhaps a deal with Stellar Lumens would be the best bet. The botched reverse takeover was an utter disaster for BLU and it will take some time for confidence to be restored - and my view, for what it's worth, is that unless SatoshiPay can come up with some spectacular deals over the next few months Fabrizi and co are sitting on a dead duck.

[sixpintsid] 07/2/2020 16:33

Dood, yes but they would probably get peanuts for it at present.

[stoxx67] 07/2/2020 16:12

you have indeed.

[doodlebug4] 07/2/2020 16:04

I agree with your comments about SatoshiPay and have said several times over the last few months that they can't keep passing the hat round for more and more funding in order to stay afloat. It takes quite a few bucks to pay the salaries of 25 staff.

[stoxx67] 07/2/2020 15:28

DB

still does not detract from the dead weight that is, and has been for some time, Satoshipay.

[kernel_pult1] 07/2/2020 15:27

Esports is great but Satoshipay was supposed to be the jewel in the crown. We are less than a month away from year end results and yet again all Satoshipay appear to have done is fire blanks. I would love to be proven wrong about this because despite my negativity (or would you call it a realistic view), I am a long term holder here.