Usually, a World Championship concludes a season with the best competition and viewership from the entire year. However, that doesn’t seem to have been the case for the Hearthstone World Championship 2022 event – read on to take a look!
Hearthstone World Championship 2022 – Change Needed
Accordingly, inviting the top 16 players in the world for $500,000 looked to be an exciting affair.
Taking place between 16 to 18th December, the event aimed to end the Masters Tour for 2022. However, heading into the event our hopes weren’t too high, as Blizzard decided to opt for an online venue without any valid reason.
The lack of enthusiasm showed in the viewership statistics thanks to Esports Charts:
- Peak Viewers – 21,786
- Average Viewers – 13,044
This is simply very very poor in comparison to World Championships of old:
- 2016 World Championship – 328,623 Peak Viewers
- 2017 World Championship – 294,525 Peak Viewers
- 2019 World Championship – 276,206 Peak Viewers
As you can see, the event has performed ridiculously bad.
Overall, this reflects the reduced prize pool and interest in hosting offline events. We’re not sure about the future of Hearthstone esports – but things need to change sooner rather than later.
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