Report: Overwatch Now More Popular Than League of Legends at Korean Internet Cafes - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 28 June 2016 / 6,164 ViewsOverwatch has done something that no other game has been able to do since August 2012. The game is more popular than League of Legends at Korean internet cafes.
Gametrics, a website that tracks what people are playing at more than 4,000 Korean internet cafes, reports more than 30 percent of people are playing Overwatch, while 27.8 percent are playing League of Legends.
Blizzard Entertainment has been popular in Korea for a long time. StarCraft has been successful in the country for a long time.
Thanks Polygon.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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It's way ahead of LOL in terms of fan made pornography as well.
Blizzard are the modern Disney of gaming.
GOTY
I'm not surprised as it's also a new game. Let's see if it'll remain at the top or will LoL come back.
Because Korean cafe's are where good games become great games.
People love effeminate, cartoon shooters. No surprise.
Congratulations to it, question is, can it maintain it?