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eSports: Historical Review, Current State, and Future Challenges

eSports: Historical Review, Current State, and Future Challenges

Julien Bousquet, Myriam Ertz
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781799873006|ISBN10: 1799873005|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799873013|EISBN13: 9781799873020
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7300-6.ch001
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Bousquet, Julien, and Myriam Ertz. "eSports: Historical Review, Current State, and Future Challenges." Handbook of Research on Pathways and Opportunities Into the Business of Esports, edited by Sharon Andrews and Caroline M. Crawford, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7300-6.ch001

APA

Bousquet, J. & Ertz, M. (2021). eSports: Historical Review, Current State, and Future Challenges. In S. Andrews & C. Crawford (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Pathways and Opportunities Into the Business of Esports (pp. 1-24). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7300-6.ch001

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Bousquet, Julien, and Myriam Ertz. "eSports: Historical Review, Current State, and Future Challenges." In Handbook of Research on Pathways and Opportunities Into the Business of Esports, edited by Sharon Andrews and Caroline M. Crawford, 1-24. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7300-6.ch001

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Abstract

The eSports industry has experienced tremendous growth for a decade, despite the pandemic hitting the entire planet. While major sporting events have been canceled or postponed, eSports continues to grow strongly. While encouraging, this trend will also cause the young eSports industry to take up many challenges in the coming years. eSports will not compete directly with professional sport, but it seems on the verge of being integrated into major professional leagues worldwide, a trend that started a few years ago. Professional sport and eSports, combined, seem poised for a promising future. Given the rising interest in eSport, this chapter presents a historical review of the phenomenon before outlining its current state from an economic and market perspective. A final section will further outline the remaining challenges and avenues for the future of eSports.

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