The world of online gaming takes its place this year at the Asian Games as an official event for the first time, with gold medals in play across seven top titles.
Esports was first featured at the last Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, as a demonstration sport and proved incredibly popular.
Annual revenues are expected to grow 2.6% to $187.7 billion, with 46% from the Asia-Pacific region, followed by 27 % from North America and 18% from Europe. The strongest growth, however, was seen in the Middle East and Africa. Despite being a competition event at the Asian Games now, however, the possibility of esports making it to the Olympics is still an open question.
However, some long-established aspects of video gaming culture are not welcome in the Olympic family.
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