{"id":20123,"date":"2014-05-21T23:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=20123"},"modified":"2022-01-06T01:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T17:17:30","slug":"e-sport-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/e-sport-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Into The Booming Industry of E-Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The games<\/a> industry has been on the roll recently \u2013 from social apps for gamers<\/a> to competitions and tournaments being held all over the world. Electronic sports, or e-sports<\/a> is a term referring to organized competitions where professional gamers or players will compete each other<\/strong> in electronic games for a prize pool.<\/p>\n

E-sports are competitive in nature<\/strong>, requiring strategy, reflexes, coordination and technical skills and in this industry, this skillset translates into game genres such as first-person shooters, real-time strategy, fighting or multiplayer<\/a> online battle arena.<\/p>\n

E-sports viewership in general has grown drastically over the years. This in turn generates even more revenue and gives more solid reasons for sponsors to provide funding and endorsements to professional players<\/strong>. In fact, the growth of the e-sports industry has outpaced many other industries such as the traditional sports industry itself.<\/p>\n

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