eSports also known as electronic sports are a form of competition that is facilitated by video games. eSports organize multiplayer video games competitions between professional players or teams. Most popular games that eSports organize competitions of are: League of Legends, Counter-Strike : Global Offensive , Dota 2, Warcraft, Starcraft, Call of Duty, FIFA etc. At the begginning , this competitions had small attendance and also small prize pools . After a short time, eSports developed into a massive competition viewed by millions of gamers by streaming platforms like Twitch, YouTube,Hitbox etc. In 2014 at League of Legends World Final 2014, Seoul the attendance was 45000 and 20 million viewers online.
Of course, the bigger is the competition the bigger is the prize. The biggest eSports prize was $20,770,640.00 at The International 2016 Dota Tournament in Seattle,USA. Do you think eSports will become more popular than traditional sports?