E-Sports Industry in the Time of Green Digital Ecosystems: Security Decision Support Empowerments

Introduction

Electronic Sports, called by eSports for short, can be similarly compared to traditional sports tournaments (Premier League, National Basketball Association, etc.), but it is more commonly known to be a competitive scene where professional eSports teams and athletes compete through playing video games in order to achieve big titles and prize pools. eSports have been slowly emerging into the business in the last decade, but the scene has grown rapidly the past few years and has been getting the attention that it needed. Just last few year (2019-2020), the global eSports market reached a total revenue of $1.1 billion with a year-on-year growth of +26.7% (Susanto et al., 2021; Pannekeet, 2019; Jenny et al., 2018; Mohiddin et al., 2020). The phenomenon is now widely seen in Asian countries namely Korea, China, some neighbouring countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia (Table 1). eSports is not entirely based on competitions, but is a collective motion that constitutes to the subject that includes social entertainment from streaming services, eSports-based events which attracts the public towards the initiative, managerial efficiency in the organization.