YOU think watching people play video games is boring. But you don't dictate the market my friend ;) There's already several millions being made a year in this industry. Prize pool for some of these events surpasses $20MM! If that's what the winners are taking home you better believe millions being made for putting the events on and soon that money will start spilling into media coverage. The world disagrees with you at an alarming rate!
That was 2015...You think these numbers have gone down? Here's a hint...one YouTube channel play creator (PewDiePie) has 32M subscribers. That's 32,000,000.
For a "big time gamer" you're clueless about the demand for video gaming content.
"Gaming content on YouTube is some of the stickiest. More than 20 of the top 100 YouTube channels with the most subscribers worldwide are gaming related. Who's the most subscribed? That would be Let's Play creator PewDiePie, with over 32M subscribers."