Intro

Talk about how sports are common

Not everyone enjoys sports
Enjoy video games, and so do 58% of US
Competitiveness from sports to video games
Overview points
Overview of esports
Life of a progamer
Entertainment
Overview
Video games: multi BILLION dollar industry
Esports are $25 million dollar industry
$100k+ prize pool
Ad revenue
Sponsors
Large audience
70+ million people worldwide watch esports (superdataresearch.com)
Compare to sports
Over 50% are 21-35
Major nations
S. Korea
Russia
USA
EU
China
Life of a progamer
Most players are in college
Teams
Salary
Prize money
Housing
Streaming
Make money even without being on a team
Ads
Donations
Helps you get on a team
Sponsors
Companies (Intel, Corsair, Benq, etc) sponsors players
Wear logos on their uniforms


Entertainment
Streaming
Twitch accounts for over half of the viewers
4th highest usage of bandwidth
New form of entertainment
Replacing TV time
68% have decreased TV time
Breaking Bad + Preseason NFL + tosh.o
Spend about 2 hours per time
19 times in a month
58% watch 20+ hours
Conclusion
Something real, something big
Google buying Twitch
Good way for people non-sportsfans to enjoy the spirit of sports