siliconindia | | December 20189Amidst the progressing status of India, there was a vital problem of fragmented communities. Since this aspect was unattended for a while, it became infeasible for brands to address. With some research & trials, the endemic brands created a solu-tion of collectively structuring the growth in the right direction. This not only led to the increasing awareness, but also built a stronger ecosystem for gamers and even channel partners. With the growing awareness of gaming, people have started explor-ing a plethora of career options that it has to offer. Undoubtedly, with most of the younger population in the world, India is gradually emerging as a gaming nation on a global map with more people advancing from casual to serious gaming. There are gam-ers today who play different genre of games such as MOBA, FPS, RPG and many more. Companies have also observed that gaming is getting a wider acceptance on a professional level. Hence, they are proactively organizing competitive events like ESL to build competitive gaming communities in India. Gaming cham-pionships in India are slowly get-ting traction and the overwhelming response received by these champi-onships highlighted the growing pop-ularity of PC gaming in India. The rising popularity of strategy games, eSports and stimulation games in the country are contributing majorly towards the growth the industry.Also, eSports is gaining a lot of traction, with multiple tournaments being announced with unprecedented prize pools for gamers. eSports is becoming a national phenomenon, as numerous brands are heavily in-vesting in gaming and helping the space flourish. Monthly tournaments provide a scope for gamers to turn their passion for virtual fun into a sustainable lifestyle and also provide growth to multiple domains attached to it. From small tournaments in ca-fes to huge events like ESL India, gaming has seen a steep rise in the popularity of eSports. To give it a current context, India had the second highest number of teams who had qualified for the Asian Games 2018 eSports and it is expected that in Asian Games 2022 eSports would have big chunk competitors from India. Gaming industry is at major cusp of transformation as gaming solu-tion providers are looking forward towards building a strong community in India by having tie-ups with gam-ing cafes and offering platforms to compete with each other and prepare for the global gaming tournaments. India has a huge potential of quality gamers and endemic brands are sup-porting these youngsters to emerge as top gamers on global platform. The desire to become the best in the high-ly competitive market of video games has pushed Indian gamers to take part in the global tournaments and achieve excellence on an extra ordi-nary level. There are many gamers in the country who inspired the gam-ing community by their dedication behind mastering a game. Top play-ers in India are no less in their ambi-tion and will achieve new heights on a global platform. With growing in-fluence of gaming community on the Indian Society, many millennials are looking forward to choosing gaming as a career. With the ecosystem growing and evolving every year, we see a bright future for gaming in India. We hope to see more casual gamers transition-ing to serious gaming, more stream-ers and more families supporting their kids to build a career in gaming. Endemic brands are also coming for-ward and utilizing their resources to fuel the growth of the industry and expanding their support to aspiring gamers to achieve their dreams. We have millions of people in our coun-try playing games on PC, mobile and other gadgets, and in coming years, India will emerge as a strong gaming nation in the global map.
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