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It's a $250M business globally according to a research firm that focuses on the eSports industry:

http://www.newzoo.com/insights/esports-in-2015-engagement-gr...

That's tiny. If you took a pitch for an eSports startup to a VC with that total market size they'd laugh you out of the office...

So while the 27 million viewers sounds impressive and shows up in the pitch deck of every eSports startup, it's not translating to significant revenue (yet).



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