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Global eSports Expected to Rake in Nearly $1B in 2018 Alone - MMORPG.com News
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Global eSports Expected to Rake in Nearly $1B in 2018 Alone - MMORPG.com News
Newzoo has published an interesting look at global eSports in the coming year and in the next several years to come. The biggest takeaway is the explosive growth in revenue in 2018 alone which is expected to bring in nearly a billion dollars. eSports is expected to grow to over 400M viewers, up 13% from last year.
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Meh, that might be a bit of a stretch. Not only is the comparison largely irrelevant, but crypto currencies have actually out-performed some stock exchanges on any given day. So I don't know if there was ever an expectation that eSports would out-perform crypto currencies, you know, since they are outperforming all companies in a given country. However, eSports has actually outperformed some sports leagues. More specifically, it has out-performed the MLS. Granted, it's the MLS, but even still, that's not really an insignificant thing considering this is something that people thought largely unviable less than a decade ago. It still has a long way to go to touch the NHL (next on it's list), but it's doable since the NHL revenues are largely flat at this point, if not falling.
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Add in expected popularity and all the streamers help profit it even more.Add in all the cheats and it funds it even more.Good thing i choose games for the fun and not for superficial bragging rights.
Seems the whole industry is doing a lot of bragging lately,talking about their big profits and big numbers,big year ahead,look at me look at me,um no thanks,those games can have their shallow players.
On that subject of crypo currencies,does that not confirm we have a bus load of really stupid people on this planet?No wonder devs of late can make good money selling crap,tons of easy targets to sell to.
On that $5 note,yes even in Hearthstone Blizzard felt warranted to sell a really cheap Hero"picture",get this ,that puny little 16x16 pixel picture>>>your going to laugh 13 bucks !!
Of course i never bought one of those BS cash shop mini pics,but LOT'S did.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
It provides hope for children who will completely neglect their education (among other things) and long term planning to sit in their room playing video games in hopes of one day becoming a super star...
It's decent entertainment, but it has an effect far beyond what people see on Twitch.
Time flies when you're having fun. Before they know it, they'll be 25 with almost no on-the-job experience and no skill set beyond "entertaining themselves." Twitch is enabling this. It's the new way to "pan handle."
I still struggle to watch normal sports, let alone esports! I can just about sit through an F1 race, though I'm usually quite baked. I've been enjoying parts of the winter olympics, but mostly just the extreme sports and some ice hockey. But, watching a football match, or rugby, or golf......uggh, nope, bored to tears. If I lived in America then maybe I'd watch basketball or ice hockey, but probably not.
Esports is even worse for me. I can understanding watching other people play from an educational point of view, just like I used to watch youtube videos about class builds, rotations, boss strategies etc. But watching it for entertainment?! Nope, if you've got the time to watch for entertainment, wouldn't you rather be playing instead? It's not like a normal sport where playing involves getting together a group of people, equipment, finding a space to do it, being at the right time of day. With esports games, just turn on your PC and login, job done.
And not just eSports. For example, I've played Bloodborne many a time. But I still watched a full playthrough by a streamer, because the way he talked about the game was entertaining. Kinda like watching a movie with a commentary, or reading a digest about a book you just read.
Of course it is okay not to like something. But I think even you can find your poison!
Watching others play doesn't have just one reason--or based on some of the comments here 0 reasons--people do it for several reasons and none of them sounds irrational or impossible to fathom.