ESPORTS- The next big thing around the country

Ankur Singh, INN/Gwalior, @infodeaofficial

India winning a bronze medal in Esports at the Asian Games 2018 which brought Esports to limelight in the nation. With many big Esport brands coming to India and hiring Indian Esports athletes is a boon to many youths out there in the country.

Being played at small stages but now gradually Esports is moving forward to be the next big thing globally.

With many gaming ciphers taking place around the globe and being represented by Esports athletes from different countries in the competitions, the youth see Esports as a source of a career with many Esports competitions such as U Cypher which was aired on MTV which had games like CS: GO, DOTA2, and Tekken 7 with humongous prize money of 51 Lakhs.

Many Indian multiplayer teams are even being hired and marketed by huge Esports brands such as Fnatic which is one of the leading Esports brands hired Scout and his teammates for their Pubg Mobile Indian team which is great exposure for the esports athletes. Another Esports brand that is recently doing much beneficial work for Esports and its athletes is 8bit with setting up gaming houses and providing athletes a proper gaming environment.

One of the biggest examples is team Soul who played the Pubg mobile Esports and won at the international level and became the country’s most loved Esports team in no time.

Not only at the competitive levels but these Esports organizations also hire athletes for entertainment popularly knows as Esports Entertainers who are supported by these Brands and they mostly focus on streaming and entertainment.

Our country may not see this as a career for youths but in the near future these Esports will take the entire nation by surprise and this would be seen as a proper career with all the money this game has and with its events such an Esports World Championship and Esports being included in Asian games.

China leads the gaming market right now with total revenue of 37.9 billion dollars whereas India ranks 16 with total revenue of 1.17 billion dollars.

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