Recreation corporations and eSports occasions are not any strangers to partnering with peripheral manufacturers, particularly when these manufacturers are as famend as SteelSeries, so it shouldn’t come as a shock that SteelSeries has been named the official headset accomplice for Capcom Cup X.
It’s not simply any of SteelSeries‘ headsets, nonetheless. It’s the Arctis Nova Professional. The wi-fi model of which we reviewed and located to be the perfect gaming headset in the marketplace total. A title I nonetheless really feel SteelSeries is worthy of maintaining. Even with some glorious competitors, and there’s no scarcity of that today. Talking of competitions, Capcom X is the ultimate match within the Capcom Professional Tour. The winner of this match will likely be named the perfect participant on the planet for Road Fighter 6, Capcom’s newest combating sport within the long-running collection.
The match will begin with 48 gamers, all of whom will compete whereas sporting an Arctis Nova Professional headset. Now that is the wired model, so there are not any detachable batteries and no Bluetooth compatibility. However all different options are the identical, which implies enhanced sound for really immersive gaming audio, Sonar software program sport profiles, and extra.
Capcom Cup X received’t be the primary match partnership for SteelSeries
SteelSeries has been round for over twenty years and in that point has established itself as among the finest gaming peripheral manufacturers in the marketplace. It’s additionally been the official headset accomplice for extra than simply the upcoming Capcom Cup X match. Again in 2021, it was named the official peripheral model for The Worldwide Dota 2 Championships. It companions with quite a lot of eSports groups properly. Together with FaZe Clan, T1 Leisure & Sports activities, Purple Bull OG, and others.
Match opponents will combat for a $1 Million USD grand prize
If you happen to have been ever unsure that eSports remains to be an enormous factor, look no additional than this 12 months’s grand prize for the winner of Capcom Cup X. Out of 48 gamers, one will find yourself successful the grand prize of $1 Million USD. That’s a staggering quantity for any single individual to take house because the winner of an eSports match. It’s removed from the most important prize although. Neither is it the one prize for the match. The whole prize pool for Capcom Cup X is $2 million. So even those that don’t stroll away because the grand prize winner nonetheless get one thing.
However $2 million additionally pales compared to a number of the largest prize swimming pools in eSports. A Statista report from this month ranks the highest eSports prize swimming pools of all time. The chart-topper is The Worldwide 2021 for Dota 2, which noticed a complete prize pool of $40.2 Million USD unfold throughout 18 groups. Somewhat over $18 million of that went to the successful crew (Workforce Spirit), which comes out to round $3.6 million every if it was break up equally amongst all 5 gamers on the roster. The whole grand prize winnings have been $18.2 Million, which is about $3.64 Million if you wish to get particular.
The purpose is, there’s some huge cash to be made in eSports nonetheless. If you happen to’re somebody who’s ok to compete at that stage.