SXSW – Esports vs “Offline” Sports
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🗓️ 15 March 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
By 2020 the esports industry could reach $5 billion. We wrap up SXSW Week by talking with Macy Mills, head of business development at Gameinfluencer. She discusses the connected world of sports and esports, why leagues like the NBA are investing in the next generation of games, and how opportunities abound for the likes of Netflix and Hulu. Plus, we share a little something from Prinz Grizzley and his Beargaroos.
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| 0:00.0 | For Thursday, March 15th, it is Market Foolery from Austin, Texas. |
| 0:05.8 | We are wrapping up Southby Southwest Week. |
| 0:08.8 | I'm Chris Hill. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm very happy to be joined by Macy Mills. |
| 0:13.0 | She is the head of business development, a game influencer. |
| 0:16.6 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:17.8 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:19.6 | Excited to be here. |
| 0:20.8 | You just got off the stage. |
| 0:21.9 | It was a great breakout session entitled |
| 0:24.4 | the connected world of sports and e-sports and this is this is an industry that |
| 0:30.1 | we've been watching very closely at the Motley Fool |
| 0:33.2 | and it's fascinating to sort of see the rise of e-ports. |
| 0:38.0 | And let's just start with the big number. |
| 0:41.0 | The promotion for this breakout session said by the year 2020 |
| 0:44.6 | e-sports is going to be a five billion dollar industry. Where is it right now do you |
| 0:49.6 | think in terms of its value? Yeah so we were talking with the panelists |
| 0:54.8 | right before we jumped on stage |
| 0:56.2 | and there was a lot of a lot of back and forth |
| 0:58.8 | on what the number actually is, |
| 1:00.2 | but we're pretty sure it's around $1 billion and 2017 and it's just you know |
| 1:06.4 | doubling and doubling so definitely think that it's it's going to be over |
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