What Happened To The Biggest Prize In Esports?

0:00 - Intro
0:35 - How did it get so high?
2:00 - Valve's new strategy
3:09 - How does the community feel?
4:13 - Personal Opinion

"The International", a tournament hosted by Valve, the developers of Dota 2 used to have the highest prize pool in esports of $40 million dollars. But not anymore. This video explains how the prize pool got so high in the first place, as well as how it has fallen.

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Sources used for this video (research included):
https://liquipedia.net/dota2/The_Inte...
https://dota2.prizetrac.kr/internatio...
https://www.statista.com/statistics/5...
https://www.esportsearnings.com/tourn...
https://www.dota2.com/international2023
https://esportsadvocate.net/2023/06/b...
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https://steamcharts.com/app/570#All
https://esports.gg/news/dota-2/reacti...
https://x.com/MrAvoPlus/status/167098...
https://x.com/TorteDeLini/status/1671...
https://x.com/Blitz_DotA/status/16709...
https://x.com/SneykingGaming/status/1...
https://x.com/23savageDotA/status/170...
https://x.com/FishmanDota2/status/170...
https://afkgaming.com/dota2/news/comp...


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