I've been following this pretty closely over the last year. Gaming is a hits driven business, and the last couple AAA titles to come out were DOA. Viewership is

I've been following this pretty closely over the last year. Gaming is a hits driven business, and the last couple AAA titles to come out were DOA. Viewership is either being questioned or outright down everywhere. Esports numbers will be a little stickier overall because those are your most passionate players, but the audience isn't growing. To grow the audience interested in esports, you need more esports-ready games that aren't just cannibalizing the audience of other esports games. I suspect this may be one of the reasons why Nate Nanzer is headed to Epic. If esports is in a bubble, then the best way to head it off is to boost Fortnite's ailing competitive scene to draw new audiences. All games should see a halo effect if Fortnite can start drawing the kinds of interest OWL has in the last year.