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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
I would put it in the category of TV poker, basically a time filler for the network when they have nothing else on. It will never get beyond that.
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Maybe on traditional TV networks, the younger generation don't consume their content on traditional networks. They consume content on platforms like YouTube and twitch.
As we speak there are over 1.6M viewers watching video game streamers on twitch and there isn't even a major tournament or anything like that going on. Twitch delivers these numbers on a daily basis, and it's pretty much constant throughout the day. There are YouTubers that do daily shows that pull in more than 2M views each day on each new video. To put into perspective, Game 2 of the NHL finals hit "record" numbers with 3.788M viewers.
So maybe you're right, on traditional TV networks esports will be nothing beyond filler, but that's not where the eyeballs are so they don't need to be anything beyond filler.