The Indian e-sports market is expected to grow four-fold from Rs 2.5 billion in 2021 to Rs 11 billion by 2025. (Representational photo)
The Indian gaming industry and eSports are poised for a better tomorrow. Players or gamers are getting the necessary support and the infrastructure is maturing.
The year 2023 looks to be a banner year for eSports in India – competitive tournaments and online game leagues. In a welcome move, the Government of India has officially recognized ‘e-sports’ (electronic sports) as a part of multi-sport events. After all, eSports players prepare hard for competition and, like other athletes, focus not only on mental but physical conditioning, especially endurance. According to a study of eSports athletes by scientists, eSports athletes face the same physiological stresses as “normal” athletes.
This development will play a vital role in lifting eSports out of the heavy veil of false perception of it being just a passion. The Indian e-sports market is expected to grow four times from Rs 2.5 billion in 2021 to reach Rs 11 billion by 2025. 2022 globally.
Below are some of the factors driving the growth of eSports:
Mature Infrastructure: Gaming infrastructure is maturing, whether it’s the game studios that produce and publish games, the developers that continue to update them or add new features, the cloud or dedicated server providers that host games, or the end devices that are used to play.
The smoothness of the gameplay depends on the performance of the device used. After all, winning an F1 race isn’t solely dependent on a driver’s talent, which of course plays a major role, but is equally dependent on the car as well. The same principle applies to esports. No matter how good a team is, or how developed the rest of the infrastructure is, if the end device – the gaming PC – is not powerful enough, potentially the team can lose the competition.
Interestingly, storage plays an important role in PC performance. Lack of storage or the right kind of storage adversely affects gameplay, from slow load times to frozen screens. Additionally, the lack of storage also prompts gamers to remove existing games from their libraries to make room for new games, and many gamers may find this a debilitating decision. With the right gaming hard disk drive (HDD), solid-state drive (SSD), or microSDTM card, gamers can store more and grow their libraries without deleting their favorite titles.
Connectivity: A fast and reliable network connection is absolutely critical for high-performance gaming such as eSports events. Bad ping can cause a team to lose a major eSports event. Latency determines how quickly input on a controller or mouse is registered via the Internet and executed on the screen.
What’s more, as a vast number of fans—and it could be in the millions—log in to enjoy eSports tournaments or cheer on their favorite teams, the importance of a reliable connection with low latency grows. . The spread of 4G has given a boost to eSports in the country.
Talent: Talented players make the difference between winning and losing a competition. They need to make isolated decisions, and think strategically, even when the environment can be tense. Previously, it could be difficult for young gamers to become top eSports players, due to a number of factors including the inability to have the right device, patchy connections, or no one to coach them. But today, with talent agencies, agents and promoters, even young players from rural India are getting noticed and getting access to the right infra and coaches. While there are still some players getting promoters and earning handsomely, it is still a positive sign. Just as gaming went mainstream in the past few years, it has the potential to become mainstream in the future, with more and more gamers getting their attention and making it into the big leagues.
The Indian gaming industry and eSports are poised for a better tomorrow. Players or gamers are getting the necessary support and the infrastructure is maturing. Government policies are giving further impetus to the development of this sector. With the increase in the number of eSports tournaments and the increasing amount of prize money pool, which is expected to grow at 66% CAGR to reach INR 1 billion by 2025, the number of professional players is predicted to reach 1.5 million by 2025. Will become a lucrative career option for future generations of gamers.
Written by: Jagannathan Chelliah, Senior Director, Marketing, India, Middle East & TIA
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