Esports is growing into a $1 billion industry | CNBC Sports

The electronic sports sector has grown massively in recent years and is expected to turn into a billion-dollar industry by the end of 2019. CNBC's Uptin Saiidi visits an annual gaming festival in Hong Kong where tens of thousands of excited fans eagerly watch players compete for the ultimate title.

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[Bladesong]

Remember 7 years ago when media make fun of Esports?
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

[viyusavery]

Baby boomers and other older generation folks must be real mad about this

[shiina_mahiru_]

Our school has a large PC gaming room, but not a esport team yet...

[jacklam]

2:20 LOL is much more complicated than the mario racing game I’m used to 😂😂

[curiouspeople]

Esport will Surpass Football, BasketBall, all sports Combine

[sunilkc]

Every parents though...
They dont like their children playing video games 😂😂

[anonymouswolf]

Boss even if I don't understand the content of the video I watch it till the end for your voice and presentation u r the reason of my subscription 😄😀😀😀

[venkatehgunda]

Man, these researchers have no boundaries whatsoever on their subjects.

[joshuac]

pretty respectful journalism, i appreciate it

[esportsrevolution]

Cool to see a major publication head to one of the epicenters of pro gaming to collect their thoughts on the industry.

[teamam]

Why would you cover some random internet cafe in Hong Kong instead of covering actual industry-defining tournaments from games like LoL or Dota?

[zercx]

I have known that the gaming industry is growing for a long time; however, according to this video, that rate that it is growing at is way faster in Asia..

[laurynas]

On 8/20/2019 Dota 2 International will start and the Prize pool is 33, 350, 000$.

[ricecakeFTW]

Man, we have come far from counter strike....lol

[rohitn]

Getting paid for playing Games..
*Awesome*

[bipulpandey]

I don't about you but i learnt a lot about eSports. Who job was to make us learn. 😉

[verycoldice]

not sure if they got out and went back to Missouri but Hong Kong has a lot of protests ...

[msmith]

What happened to xin en lee? She was one of my favorite reporters on this channel

[abdallaibrahim]

It takes me 2-3 hours playing PUBG mobile.

[theotherside]

*Well, we don't have game players here in my country.*