Introduction to eSports

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eSports, who is playing?

Call Of Duty tops Western eSports audience

http://www.redbull.com/en/esports/stories/1331645000683/call-of-duty-tops-western-esports-audience

summary:

Over 70 million people watched eSports in 2013

video game companies gave away over $25 million in prizes to professional gamers

United States has 31.4 million eSports viewers and participants, while Western European territories account for another 16.3 million eSports enthusiasts.

Half of Western European gamers aged 10 to 50 and 56 percent of American gamers in that demographic are aware of eSports

Males aged 21-35 make up the majority of eSports enthusiasts in the US (43 percent) and Western Europe (45 percent)

Breaking the gamer stereotypes, these enthusiasts are more likely than the average gamer to be married, 52 percent versus 39 percent, and have a full-time job, 71 percent versus 50 percent.

ESports enthusiasts also put their money where their interests are. They carry the biggest game wallets with 22 percent of them being big spenders, compared to 8 percent for all gamers.

Only 5 percent of all eSports enthusiasts never
spend money on games, compared to 32 percent for all gamers

One in five of gamers in the U.S. that can be considered ‘big spenders’ on games – spending more than $20 per month – watches eSports regularly, or participates

This year is shaping up to be another one for the eSports record books and there’s no end in sight for the growth of professional gaming worldwide