Upsilon Circuit, a 4v4 fantasy RPG with perma-permadeath

Actually, there was something similar recently, not a game, but a book.

Kinda dumb that someone would pay that amount of money for something like that, but that's none of my business...

At first, I was thinking the same. Who would want to watch this? I was talking about this while at work tonight though and someone brought up something I didn't think about. Twitch.

Just think about it, people watch others play games all the time over Twitch and through Youtube, so much so that some of them are pretty much stars in some groups. Now, you put those same Youtubers and Twitch streamers into this game and people would be turning out in huge numbers watching and helping out their favorite streamers. Your favorite Twitch streamer is about to die... what do you do? Spend money! I could actually see the devs making at least some money off this.

Another thing that I started thinking about is a small little indie game called #IDARB that just came out last month on the Xbox One. I personally think the game is pure crap. It's a 4v4 side scrolling game that plays out like a sport, 2 goals, each team trying to score points by putting the ball in their opponent's goal. The game is boring as hell if you ask me. The thing is though, the game can be auto-streamed over Twitch, those watching can issue # commands at any time which changes things going on in game, such as rick rolling everyone, flooding the arena with water, turning the lights off, removing players from the penalty box, as well as many other things. Just watching the game and fucking with the players... is actually VERY fun! I didn't even notice it one night, but I ended up sitting on Twitch messing with #IDARB players for almost 3 hours.

I still am on the fence about this whole thing though. I just don't see how they could even remotely turn any kind of profit from this thing. I also just can't imagine the player base being big enough for something like this. It is something I want to follow though, that's for sure, because I just can't figure out how anyone would want to buy into something like this. Even if I ended up downloading this game, I can't see myself doing anything but trolling people playing the game.

Well, from everything I've read, it kind of is, though different then most "Pay-to-Win" games. Instead of tasking the players to pay for things though, the audience who is watching are the ones who can opt to spend real world money on things. Though I've read different online sites say different things as to what that money can be spent on, it sounds like for the most part real world money can be spent to purchase upgrades and weapons to outfit the players to help them out or you can spend money to add traps or spawn monsters into certain areas to hinder a team from getting through the dungeon.

I mentioned earlier, I could see this working in someone's favor if they have a friend watching their back while they played, but even then, it's no guarantee that them spending that cash on you will really help you out in the end, since there could be someone else in the audience spending money on the other team. I can also find no references as to what happens between games, such as do you level up and those levels go towards your next playthrough or if gear found or bought for you carries over through multiple games.