By comparison, the last The International, which hosts Valve every year on the basis of Dota 2, was “only” $ 24 million in 2018. The winning team received $ 11 million, which was just over $ 2.2 million per person.
Anyone who makes it to New York in the final round gets in any case at least $ 50,000. The qualifying rounds will take place from April 8 to June 16, 2019, with $ 1 million per week.
By the end of the year, regardless of the World Cup, there will be more tournaments every week, with Epic Games aiming to raise some US $ 100 million in prize money in 2019.