eSports — Soon bigger than real sports?

[Nessaj]

http://www.ongamers.com/articles/report-more-than-70-million-people-watch-esports-worldwide/1100-1157/

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Super Data Research, who released research earlier this year stating that Riot Games made $624 million in revenue for League of Legends in 2013 and that Dota 2 made around $80 Million, has put out a new report centered on eSports in collaboration with Newzoo.

The report states that viewership across all eSports titles has doubled within the last year, peaking to over 71 million by the end of 2013. Almost half of those viewers, 31.4 million, come from the United States where males account for 70% of frequent viewers and participants. The report finds that the majority of U.S. viewers are males between 21 and 34 years old. The average eSports viewer watches 19 times a month, with a session length of 2.2 hours.

Some of the stats are supposedly (according to a comment ) US based, e.g. US based TV stats versus worldwide streaming viewers. Either way though, no doubt that in due time more people will be interested in watching 'electronic sports' than actual sports.

[Molly]

I doubt it. Simply because most stop watching when the first hairs grow on their balls and they get a girlfriend

[Vibe]

Somewhat of a dota2 promo but very good documentary regardless (related obviously)

[IR_Kuoin]

I doubt it. Simply because most stop watching when the first hairs grow on their balls and they get a girlfriend

Why would that change anything? It is just like watching a game of football or Hockey, you wont stop watching that just because you get older or get a girlfriend. "What a weirdo watching a game on the internet", yeah right. It is just like watching anything else on the internet. In NA and Asia (especially Asia) set up cinemas and gaming pubs (where there are pro. games streaming on the tvs) got a lot of attention during the international Dota 2 tournament. So in a few years you most likely will be able to go to a pub and watch some tournaments or pro games there, instead of only football / other sport tournaments.

[Vibe]

Some university in Korea already supports e-sport for student athletes: http://gizmodo.com/south-korean-university-now-accepts-gamers-as-student-a-1547111361

[cmp]

I doubt it. Simply because most stop watching when the first hairs grow on their balls and they get a girlfriend

Is this a confession? Last time I checked this was a gaming forum.

[Paul]

Wat? We are doing scientific research here with reenacting medival warfare in a sophisticated online simulator and discuss the results in this forum. Just like Japanese hunting whales. For science!

[Molly]

Is this a confession? Last time I checked this was a gaming forum.

There is a difference in playing games - guilty as charged - and sitting in front of your PC and watching how people play games over ridiculous amounts of price money.
I admit, when I was actively playing Counterstrike in a clan on ladders/tournaments and LANs, I was too watching Esport-events for several reasons but mainly cuz I knew a bunch of the players playing and for study purposes for my own game.
At some point there wasn't enough time left and I stopped playing on that competitive level and simultaneously stopped watching those events. And that is connected to age which I tried to point out in a charmingly witty comment. 

[Vibe]

There is a difference in playing games - guilty as charged - and sitting in front of your PC and watching how people play games over ridiculous amounts of price money.
I admit, when I was actively playing Counterstrike in a clan on ladders/tournaments and LANs, I was too watching Esport-events for several reasons but mainly cuz I knew a bunch of the players playing and for study purposes for my own game.
At some point there wasn't enough time left and I stopped playing on that competitive level and simultaneously stopped watching those events. And that is connected to age which I tried to point out in a charmingly witty comment.

except it was a superbly dumb comment

people watch football
football is a game

people watch e-sports because those are games as well

what does it matter if it's a computer game, if it's fun to watch, even more so if there's money at stake (might be even your own due to bets)

[Grumbs]

Some games are more fun to watch at a competitive level than to play for me. I just cba with games like League of Legends but I liked watching good players, and Riot put on quite a professional show with good commentators. I got kind of bored of it though as my interest in LoL declined. I just don't really like that type of PVE/PVP game I guess

Its a shame Valve kind of shat on the whole competitive gaming scene by releasing Source and not trying to keep that competitive side going with people still sticking with 1.6. Now we have to relly on games like LoL when it could have been FPS's. At least we have some company though leading the way, and now Valve following with dota2

[Prpavi]

I doubt it. Simply because most stop watching when the first hairs grow on their balls and they get a girlfriend

Eurocentric much? This is already happening for a decade atleast in Asia, example Korea where you have whole families sitting in front of a TV watching the national Starcraft championships.

Games became far more than a "nerds hobby" rather an acceptible lifestyle and having real life including a girlfriend and wide circle of friends is not only reserved for "normal people" gamers can have that too you know.

Comments like this from a gamer doesn't help at all and add to the concept of gamers not leading "real lives" and being some sort of unsocial cave dwellers. sure gaming and forums like this are a great hideout for the shut ins and socially awkward people and gives them a chance of socialisation, but now days gaming is not as excusive as before and you'll find more "normal" people online then you used to.

Only thing that changes when you get older is the lack of time you have to dedicate to gaming and this is where I see esports getting big and there are people that would like to watch a CS or Dota match before sleep rather than some shit on TV.

[cmp]

Eurocentric much?

It's not eurocentric, it's just ignorant and selfish.

[Ninja_Khorin]

Pretty sure it's eurocentric.

That's why pros get asian girlfriends. They're used to this shit.

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[Molly]

Eurocentric much? This is already happening for a decade atleast in Asia, example Korea where you have whole families sitting in front of a TV watching the national Starcraft championships.

Yep, a whole decade and it's not even close to that level here... And it's fucking Asia, well, actually it's more or less only Korea afaik. Absolutely comparable.

There used to be TV channel in Germany, covering only games of all sorts, including live broadcast from ESL events... Guess what, it had to close down cuz nobody was watching.

It's not eurocentric, it's just ignorant and selfish.

Just lol... Ignorant, maybe? Selfish? Wut?!

[Leshma]

Is this a confession? Last time I checked this was a gaming forum.

Are you gaming?

Things that bother me about sports in general:

• I watch football because I'm doing it with my father and other male family members
• used to watch basketball while I was training that sport, not anymore
• used to follow other sports when I was younger, but as I grow older I find watching sports being massive waste of time
• learned to hate professional aspect of sports, because of so much money going on there's no fair competition at all

Also, main reason why many watch sports is because it takes so much effort to get on the same level as professional athletes. When it comes to e-sports, that gap is much smaller. Therefore prefer playing games rather than watching others play.