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What is Esports and why is it so popular?

What is Esports and why is it so popular?

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Esports is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world - it essentially stands for electronic sports but a better definition would be the organised competitive play of multiplayer video games. An emerging industry, it has now grown to such an extent that players are signed by teams, teams which are run by millionaires and sponsored by huge international corporations. Whilst the total esports prize money pool was predicted to be around $5million in 2010, this increased to over $211 million in 2019. The popularity of esports has continued to increase over the last few years, and this trend is predicted to continue, with the ever-growing industry attracting new followers all the time. Esports has an estimated global audience of 454 million people, which is predicted to rise to over ...