The winners of The International Dota 2 won a $ 15 million prize

Next time, think carefully before asking your children not to play video games too much. Why Valve's Dota 2 international tournament has just ended, with the winning OG team winning up to $ 15.6 million.

In addition, this represents only about half of Valve's total rewards to Dota 2 candidates this year, for a total value of US $ 34.2 million. The Olympics earn their second consecutive victory after winning last year's edition of the same competition. Of course, we think that the money will be divided because some will go to the owner of the team, officials and players. The amount each player earns can therefore be much lower, but it's still a very decent amount.

The value of this year's International Dota 2 Awards is considered the most important in the history of e-sport, although the growth rate of The International Dota may make prices even higher next year. To give you a bit of context, traditional sports like tennis do not offer such high prices. For example, Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep at Wimbledon earned about $ 2.9 million each.

This is not the first time that the money that can be won in e-sport is mentioned. Previously, the winner of Fortnite Battle Royale won $ 3 million. The contest itself generated a total prize pool of $ 30 million, more than the winning team of the FIFA Women's World Cup.