EVO 2020's online tournament announcement could be a PR nightmare for Nintendo and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate according to HungryBox
This situation might end up being a silver lining if Nintendo feels pressured enough
The COVID-19 outbreak has forced many tournament organizers to switch to online events for the foreseeable future. As a result, EVO 2020 was officially cancelled.
"But to keep the EVO spirit alive," an online version of the event was announced in its stead. Liquid|HungryBox recently released a video that talks about how this could be a PR nightmare for Nintendo.
Being that online gaming has become more important in 2020 due to the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the "FixUltimateOnline" hashtag was trending during the end of April. Needless to say, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's online experience has a number of issues in the eyes of the community's vast majority.
Although we don't know too much about EVO 2020 online just yet, it seems very likely that the event will be streamed. Despite the circumstances of the entire event being online, it will still probably capture the attention of thousands to tens of thousands of viewers.
And what exactly would happen if the grand finals set of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate disconnected towards the end of the tournament? A scenario like this would have gamers talking about Nintendo in all the wrong ways. It's also entirely possible that a mainstream news outlet might even run a story on what happened.
The silver lining here, according to HungryBox, is that Nintendo might feel pressured enough to finally address the issue surrounding their online. Whether this happens before or after EVO 2020 online — or even at all — remains to be seen.
