What Are The Facts?

What are the facts behind eSports? Is it REALLY growing or is it not what people are all hyping it up to be Well here is where you find out. eSports is the number 1 growing community in the world right now. For three years all the competitive platforms that are associated with Major League Gaming have increased in online viewership by 1557%. Online viewership has increased from 3 million viewers an event to 54 million viewers per event being watched online. Those are exponential numbers to have in a community that is new to the world. With these statistics being released by MLG itself, they also pointed out how much more supportive of the players the community is by how much advertising has been watched. The industries standard of completion percentage on ads is 74%. The average number of people watching the full advertisement on MLG players streams or event streams is 90.7%. 16.7% MORE, than what all industry standards are for all T.V. ads being aired. Major League Gaming is rising to be just as popular as some sports in America. How many of you watch NCAA March Madness? A lot I assume. Well In one weekend of an MLG event, there was 14 million more hours watched then there was the whole month of the NCAA March Madness tournament. More hours viewed that Americas favorite college basketball tournament? That is impressive if you ask me and it has the statistics to back it up. E-Sports is on the verge of a new era, and the stereotypical gamer will be looked at, as the equivalent to athletes, superstars, etc., because that is what they are becoming.