Perhaps in the west we can connect the rise of e-Sports with a near future of them as the Next Big Thing.
I have nieces and nephews who loves videogames, but are often not invested enough in one to really master it. These kids spend more time watching youtube videos of other people playing games than actually playing them themselves. I hear it all the time, how mystified parents and grandparents are.
Fast forward 10-15 years. Those kids are adults with a love of the games, with a habit of spectating.
It's no different than football or tennis or hockey.
I have nieces and nephews who loves videogames, but are often not invested enough in one to really master it. These kids spend more time watching youtube videos of other people playing games than actually playing them themselves. I hear it all the time, how mystified parents and grandparents are.
Fast forward 10-15 years. Those kids are adults with a love of the games, with a habit of spectating.
It's no different than football or tennis or hockey.
(Well - it's different than golf, which sucks...)