DWQA QuestionsThe eSports Industry during a Pandemic
lyve680 asked 2 years ago

The increasing number of internet and mobile internet users is one of the factors why the esports industry in Indonesia will continue to grow going forward. In addition, increasingly qualified smartphone hardware and widespread internet access are also other supporting factors. The development of esports itself in Indonesia cannot be separated from the role of the industrial ecosystem Pola Slot Gacor Hari Ini itself, be it game developers, players, stakeholders, especially the government.Support from the government such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora), the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) also contributed to the development of gaming and esports in the country. Such as. the role of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in developing esports industry communities to encourage the formation of an ideal ecosystem.
Playing games is one of the easiest entertainment options to reach during a pandemic like today. As a result, the number of gamers has skyrocketed in various countries. Based on the Newzoo Global Games Market Pola Slot Pragmatic Report 2020, mobile games experienced the biggest increase so far this year with revenues of 77.2 billion United States (US) dollars or grew by 13.3% year on year. Meanwhile, console game developers recorded revenue in 2020 of US$45.2 billion, growing 6.8% year on year. On the other hand, PC games brought in 33.9 billion US dollars this year.
PUBG Mobile, a product from the Tencent company, has created many career opportunities in the eSports industry. Even though a number of offline eSport events have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, players’ interest has not subsided. Not wanting to be outdone by the government, the private sector is also competing to hold this PUBG Mobile competition. In the next three months there will be several championships starting from the Gopay Arena Championship which is already underway with a total prize pool of IDR 1 billion.
Tencent, a company from China, has more than 60 thousand employees with investments in more than 600 companies. In Pola Slot the esports industry, Tencent is known as the developer of PUBG Mobile. Reporting from the Esports Observer, in 2020 Tencent managed to record net revenues of US$18.9 billion in Q3 2020 and net profit which increased 85% year on year from 2019 to reach US$5.88 billion.
Of this amount, US$6.26 billion was obtained from online game releases, whose revenue also increased by 45% year on year. This amount was mainly obtained from the games Peacekeeper Elite and Honor of Kings which exceeded 100 million average daily users in the first ten months of 2020. Apart from that, PUBG Mobile and Clash of Clans also contributed to this increase in revenue.
The company founded by Ma Huateng has also acquired many other game developers, one of which is a developer from the United States, Riot Games, who developed League of Legends. Unmitigated, for 93% of the shares owned, Tencent has invested more than 350 million US dollars in 2011, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.