Post by @christina • Hey

Anyone who knows more about Gaming than me want to break down why the trend is down on eSports? For reference: https://futureparty.com/E-Sports-Viewership-

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(im no expert but) esports is a much more niche category than gaming as a whole. only a select few games really make it to becoming an esport, many (most) remain competitive with varying audience sizes
I suspect that the audience category has some upper bound. That is, the people who are likely to be into watching esports has a base limit. On top of that, I suspect that the people who are likely to watch esports already do, they are probably early tech adopters, so there's not a ton of room for growth bringing in new audiences. On top of that, bringing in new audiences takes more than simple watching, they also have to know how to play the game. That's a bit different than in regular sports where most of the people watching have someone that teaches them to watch. it's social by nature. I dont know though, these are just ideas.