Esports has become more than just a craze nowadays but a phenomenon that has its growth with higher or lower tendencies in different regions of the world. Knowledge of these factors gives an understanding of regional peculiarities that will be useful to all basket stakeholders, including developers and marketers, as they perform activities in competitive environments.
As you might already know, Asia, with a particular focus on South Korea and China, may justly be called the cradle of modern esports. These are the countries that have been in the limelight for competitive gaming and hence are known to have well-rooted eSports cultures. For instance, South Korea is well-known for having heavily developed the StarCraft world, which became the starting point for further development of South Korea in the sphere of esports. China has an extremely large player base, and, in terms of esports development, is investing more than other countries, which is why its teams are on the top list at the moment. Esports isn’t just a hobby here; it’s a necessity They passionately turn each of these regions into the stage for battle.
Esports have been on the rise in North America as well as Europe, especially in the last decade. It is legal to play professional video games competitively, especially in the United States and some European countries through the inclusion of esports leagues and tournaments, an additional increase in viewership is recorded. Nowadays, esports such teams as T1, TyLoo, and G2 have become familiar to millions of fans and viewers watching their games on stream or on the live broadcasts of events like League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Fortnite. It has centralized and developed in these regions the commercialization of esports has brought a substantial amount of investment from teams of traditional sports, media houses, and brands in the sports.
Esports are still a growth market in the Middle Eastern region with countries in the region such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt being active participants. The population of the region is quite young, and with good access to information technology, the growth of interest in professional gaming and esports is evident, and the state is also beginning to embrace esports as an opportunity for the development of additional revenues and young people’s occupation. One country that has moved keenly into esports is Saudi Arabia the country plans to be a center of esports in the coming years.
Esports are very popular in Latin America with Brazilian and Mexican fans as the most devoted ones. Such issues as, for instance, comparatively lower levels of infrastructure development than in other areas, will, nevertheless, remain an indisputable fascination with esports. Some of the most played games in the area are Free Fire, League of Legends, and FIFA and there are local champions in teams internationally.