Why executives at Esports Business Summit are (still) bullish on competitive gaming
At this week’s Esports Business and Gaming Summit, executives at some of the industry’s leading companies remain confident about the future of competitive gaming — perhaps surprisingly so.
Today, October 24, marks the third and final day of the annual Las Vegas conference. This year’s event comes at a particularly fraught time for the esports industry. Investors are growing wary of the industry’s ability to turn a profit; brands are cutting ties with esports in favor of outreach to the broader casual gaming audience; and esports organizations are shutting their doors and snapping each other up as the industry gradually contracts.
In the lead-up to this year’s Esports Business and Gaming Summit, the event’s organizers polled 112 North American gaming and esports executives about their thoughts on the industry’s current trajectory, representing a cross-section of executives in sectors including broadcasting and media, scholastic esports, agencies, consultancies, game developers, hardware manufacturers and the esports organizations themselves.
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