Gaming has been rising the status in recent years. Many gamers are streaming their plays on live streams. For example, a Call of Duty player will stream their scrimmage on twitch.tv and many people will subscribe and follow. The days when you can make a living from gaming are here. Many of these professional players get sponsorships from corporations like Steelseries, Asus, Intel, and other electronic gear manufacturers.
Major League Gaming, a company started by 2 young men at that time. Influenced by tournaments and their passion for games, now wishes to expand the company into a professional sport. Like all other professional sports out there, MLG too, wishes to be broadcast on E.S.P.N. The increasing subscribers can be a doorway to a much bigger stage. According to the article, users registered on the website are increasing significantly, “In the past 3 years, viewers went from 1.8 million to 11.7 million an increase more than 500 percent.” It is not stopping at that point. The users are still increasing.
Gaming is expanding rapidly. Even the government considers gaming to be a sport and will issue more visas to people who goes to tournaments. These recognition will keep growing until eventually where gaming will be recognized as an actual sport.
