THE RISE O F
ESPORTS
Presented By-
Shivam Sharma

“ESPORTS ISN’T A NEW TECHNOLOGY OR A
NEW FAD. IT’S A FULL BLOWN SHIFT IN
ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE THAT IS
CAPTURING A HUGE AND GROWING AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE’S TIME AND ATTENTION”
- FORBES

ESPORTS: MORE THAN A GAME
• eSports (short for
Electronic Sports) is the
name given to professional
competitive gaming. In a
nutshell, competitors play
video games, while being
watched by a live
audience. Millions more
watch the games online.

ESPORT ECOSYSTEM

IS IT A SPORT?
• Just like traditional sport,
eSports has its fair share
of professionals,
commentators and
celebrities.
• eSports are not a sport-
they are competition,
according to ESPN
President John Skipper.

ESPORTS HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
• The first Tournament(1980-1990)
Played on October 19,1972 at Stanford University.
• Welcome better connectivity( 1990-2000)
With the end of the 56k modem, high-speed connections reached the
market.
• The eSports Boom Years(2000- Present)
This period is rich in novelty.
New competitive games are launched: Word of Warcraft (2004), League Of
Legends (2009), StarCraft II (2010), Dota 2 (2011), CS:GO (2012)

ESPORTS IS THE ‘NEW NORMAL’
ABOUT 1.3 BN PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT ESPORTS
TODAY.
AN ESTIMATED 1.8 BN BY 2020.

SOME BENEFITS OF ESPORTS
• Lowers Stress
• Increases Social skills
• Promotes Teamwork
• Memory Capacity
• Eyesight

• Improves Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Improves Brain Function
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CURRENT TRENDS IN ESPORTS

CURRENT TRENDS
• Industry popularity reached new levels.
• In 2018, esports had nearly 400 million viewers worldwide across all
platforms, and that's expected to surge to roughly 557 million viewers by
2021
• Total esports revenues reached $869 million in 2018, and is expected to
be tripled by 2022 reaching $2.96 billion.

Role of streaming services
There are a relevant number of streaming services for esports
that provide viewers with top quality content like real time
streaming to coverage of Esport tournaments
Twitch.TV
UStream (IBM Cloud Video)
Smashcast.tv
Mixer
YouTube Gaming
Periscope

Future aspects of technology in esports
• Virtual Reality
• Augmented Reality
• Nuralink in games (bio interface with computers)
• Biosensing in gaming
• Ray tracing graphic card like NVidia RTX 2080 & 2080Ti
• Cloud gaming like Stadia

FUTURE OF ESPORTS
1. Diversity of Game Genres
2. Geographic Expansion of Leagues
3. Regulations of Competitions
4. Ownership of Media Rights
5. Alignment of Digital and Traditional Media