The 'Valorant' Champions skin buddle earned a staggering $18.7 million in revenue. This jaw-dropping amount has been split between Riot and the esports organizations that participated in Champions 2021.
Valorant Champions 2021 Skin Bundle
After magnificently orchestrating its maiden Champions competition, Riot Games released an in-game skin bundle that not only handed the game a real deal of visual and animating depiction, but also an gave a huge profit both for the company and the participants.
Serving as a memento, the streamlined look of the skin bundle included a limited-edition look for Vandal and knife that brought about insane effects especially when its unique characteristics have been utilized. An example of which is the top-fragging visual on Vandal that features an upgraded guise.
The skin bundle alone amassed a total of $18.7 million dollars in revenue for Riot Games, according to an article by One Esports that used Upcomer's statistical findings as basis.
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Revenue Split of the 'Valorant' Champions Skin Bundle
The following data shows how the money has been split by the different organization who had a share in the revenue.
X10 Crit, who ended its Champions 2021 stint in 5th to 8th place, did not share any of the proceeds with its players.
Fnatic was the second highest organization to give the most share of the proceeds to itself, 80/20. It tied with X10 Crit in the recently-concluded Champions at 5th to 8th palace.
Team Liquid, Team Secret, and Vision Strikers all agreed to divide the revenue into 70-30 share with their players. Team Liquid was one of the two 3rd-4th placers in the tournament.
Team Secret, on the other hand, joined X21 and Fnatic in 5th to 8th place. Lastly, Vision Strikers placed 9th to 12th.
One of the 9th to 12th place finishing teams, Furia, chose to cut the proceeds into a 60-40 break up.
Team Envy and Sentinels tried to keep the sharing fair and square as they have decided to split the profit into clean 50-50 cut. This in addition to their winnings after failing to go beyond 9th place.
The most player-centered decision among the nine teams that disclosed the sharing is Vivo Keyd, who placed 13th to 16th in the tournament. The esports organization gave its players 80 percent of the takings and the remaining 20 for the team.
It should be noted that they are one of the teams that copped $20,000 as winnings.
Champions 2021 Winnings and Winners arranged by Rank in the tournament
To fully visualize the overall winnings the each team had garnered, with the revenue omitted. Here are the rankings and the respective prize pool of the recently-ended Valorant Champions 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
- 1st - Ascend - $350 000
- 2nd - Gambit Esports - $150 000
- 3rd to 4th - KRU Esports and Team Liquid - $90 000
- 5th to 8th - Fnatic, X10 CRIT, Cloud9 Blue, and Team Secret - $40 000
- 9th to 12th - Vision Strikers, Setinels, Team Envy, and Team Vikings - $20 000
- 13th to 16th - Furia Esports, Vivo Keyd, Crazy Raccoon, and FULL SENSE -$20 000
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Written by: Jhon Paul Salazar