If you consider the facts, 201k isn't a bad start.
- First time a fighting game tournament has been on ESPN
- AFAIK, there was little advertisement for it.
- ESPN2 is a pay to watch channel
- It was being multicasted from ESPN2 and Twitch
- Other eSports programming get similar numbers
Factor all this in and 201k isn't too bad, as I said, it's a good start.
High viewership wasn't the intention, imo. It was exposure to wider audience. Yeah, a lot of haters were hating on twitter. But there was also a lot of people interested.
Not to mention it was extremely hype while Joe was still in it. I was cheering for him like I would a sports team.
This is a positive thing. The FGC can only get bigger from here.