What Do eSports and Online Gaming Have in Common?
Similarities Between eSports and Online Gaming In the last several decades, eSports have become increasingly popular, with games like DotA2 and LoL bringing in millions of active players every day. Defense of the Ancients 2, or DotA2, reportedly has 7.6 active players, with more than 400.000 players active at any given moment. Online gaming, although not as loudly promoted because of the nature of the entertainment, has seen similar growth, with the market size of over 2 billion dollars in 2020. And then there is obviously the cross-section between the two because people compete in eSports as well. The popularity of online gaming has been steadily rising for almost a decade, with millions of players joining in with new platforms all the time. And the new popular direction is not to see gaming as something risky and dangerous but as a way to have fun and spice it up a little. The reality is that no matter if it is competitive gaming and esports, casual gaming with friends and fa...