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Ask HN: Can eSport reach live viewership as popular as the soccer World Cup?
- uberman 4y agoNever say never (so the story goes), but I doubt it. Internationally, regular (monthly) eSports viewers number about 250 million, while regular football/soccer viewers number about 4 billion and the estimate for the world cup this year is 5 billion viewers. While there has been tremendous growth in eSports, I'm not sure the masses will jell with it the way they do with football/soccer, cricket, or field hockey. Speaking personally, the whole experience of watching eSports needs to improve. Commentators tend to either be clueless or too niche. Spectator camera work tends to be terrible and frenetic. I just don't see the appeal and I have never been to a sports bar with an eSport match playing on any TV.
- anon115 4y agoI actually seen sports bars with esports program on. If you go to staples center before you start approaching the convention center they have league of legends on. but tbh its just a bunch of old dudes in there late 20's 30's no ones watching it.