Discord raises $150M, surpassing $2B valuation

Post by dvt » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:49 PM UTC

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Discord is as valuable to the gaming community as IRC was, or as Ventrilo was, or as Skype was (for a while). In other words, not very (as all those tools were easily replaced). Twitch built a marketplace of creators and consumers (like YouTube) -- that's why it's hard to replace. Discord, on the other hand, is a chat program.

I disagree (to a degree) . Everyone i know kicked and screamed about switching from Vent/Teamspeak/Mumble. I feel like it eventually dominated not because it was easy to dump existing solutions, but because existing solutions were poorly designed by comparison. No mobile, horrid chat, required install, poor voip quality. Discord came along with a better offering and it still was a tough switch. With that said, i agre…

Post by dvt » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:51 PM UTC

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Completely agree. Skype was the gamer go-to for a while, in fact.

as a gamer I have to ask "when was that?"

Post by wlesieutre » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

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I'm bearish on Discord. Unlike Slack, it targets a price-averse demographic and is attempting to enter spaces that are very saturated (Steam, Origin, Epic, Ubisoft are already crushing the digital distribution medium), so then it's basically an IRC replacement for gamers. I understand Slack's valuation as it targets huge companies with up to decades-long contracts and has projected revenues > $1B for this year, but I…

I think Discord is a clear buy for someone like Microsoft. It gives them a big leg up, and doesn't really compete with Skype in the demographics.

Post by starshadowx2 » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:53 PM UTC

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I'm not so sure gamers are a price-averse demographic

They are, that's why Fortnite took a massive dump on PUBG

Post by Dylan16807 » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 11:55 PM UTC

dvt wrote: post #41

notheguyouthink wrote: post #35

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I disagree (to a degree) . Everyone i know kicked and screamed about switching from Vent/Teamspeak/Mumble. I feel like it eventually dominated not because it was easy to dump existing solutions, but because existing solutions were poorly designed by comparison. No mobile, horrid chat, required install, poor voip quality. Discord came along with a better offering and it still was a tough switch. With that said, i agre…

> Discord "won" in my view because it simply had to be modern to be vastly superior. Discord "won" because it's literally burning cash and offering a service for free (for example, I don't have to pay for a t2.micro instance to host a Mumble server). But this is obviously not sustainable. If you're selling a dollar for fifty cents, it's not hard to find a market.