NBA pretty comfortably has the lowest median age of TV viewers among the major sports in America. Even the NFL and NHL, the next two 'youngest' fan bases among major sports in America, skew close to a decade older than it.
Paging @StandOnIt for the statsI hear tell that the number of quality green flag passes is all that matters anymore...
I hear tell that the number of quality green flag passes is all that matters anymore...
Read em and weep deathbedders.
Yep it is all realitive and based on what is current, not 20 years ago in a different world. Jus kiddin but I guess the low downforce people must have been in shock and didn't fill out their Nielsen cards
I hear tell that the number of quality green flag passes is all that matters anymore...
...or watch a plate race...
If you do it here in Southern CA you may see more crashes then the last 10 laps at Talladega.
3 hours on a Monday morning and he might make SFV to LAX via the 405If you do it here in Southern CA you may see more crashes then the last 10 laps at Talladega.
Not bad for a virtual race.
I rarely look at this discussion, but keep in mind Sunday's video game was in the middle of a televised sports desert. It had little to compete with and comparison to regular race ratings are apples to lawn mowers. I'm glad it did relatively well but I don't know if the ratings will hold up if / when 'real' sports resume. I suspect we'll have ample opportunity to find out.
When real sports start back up we won't need it any more!
I dunno, it might carve out a niche for itself. Could be a whole new iESPN network for this sort of stuff. Look at all the fringe sports Red Bull pays to broadcast.
Speak slowly to Charlie, one time he is knocking and the other time he is defending.
Just because it isn't for me doesn't mean there isn't a market out there for it. There's other stuff on the tube I'll never look at either, but my absence hasn't kept a lot of it from being successful.
This is all desert man!
This is why eSports is important to NASCAR and motorsports as a whole right now. For an industry whose fan base skews older than most the fact that they can simulate the actual sport unlike any other and hold online competitions in lieu of actual events during a time like this is a large positive. There was a larger P18-49 audience for this race than there was for either Truck race so far, it beat every Xfinity race so far besides Daytona (virtually a tie at 299k vs. 297k) in that demo, and it made up a much higher portion of the overall audience than it usually does for Cup races. On the flip side iRacing is setting a daily subscription record with each passing day. Engagement through eSports is what can help create and retain fans more than a lot of other things that have been tried.
Excellent post
I’m interested in seeing if this happens. Participating in video games is way out of my realm, much less watching others play.
You seem to be having the same confusion as you had about the difference between a tapered spacer and a restrictor plate. This isn't a video game, they are racing simulators. It makes about as much sense as saying I am a birder because I watch tweety bird and Sylvester.
Okay, explain the difference to me. I see user controls hooked to a black box with the results displayed on a screen.You seem to be having the same confusion as you had about the difference between a tapered spacer and a restrictor plate. This isn't a video game, they are racing simulators. It makes about as much sense as saying I am a birder because I watch tweety bird and Sylvester.
Here is the short answer for ya, I really don't have much hope in you seeing the difference though. The plate and the tapered spacer was much simpler to figure out than this. Google is your friend. Mario Kart is a racing game for an exampleOkay, explain the difference to me. I see user controls hooked to a black box with the results displayed on a screen.
It sounds a lot like when we used to try to convince people to call them ‘graphic novels’ instead of ‘comic books’.
www.differencebetween.net
Uh, from your own example:Difference Between Games and Simulations
Games vs Simulations Games and simulations are interactive multimedia having dynamic elements that are user controlled. For the general public, games and simulations have no differences. A game is what one can play in a
That's me, the general public. From the couch, on the TV, they look the same: a screen of computer-generated graphics. Very high end graphics, but graphics none the less. As a potential viewer, I don't much care what hardware generates the graphics or how the 'driver' controls it.
While the drivers may be gaining something from this, I doubt they're suddenly buying these rigs to improve their on-track performance. It's definitely being broadcast as entertainment.
I can remember arcade games from the '80s that required strategy. As processor power increased, games have become increasingly realistic and less stylized. Even I can see that much from ads.
