How has the video gaming industry evolved over the years ?


Video games have been around for a while now. The industry have evolved massively in the recent 10 years. The industry begun with games that were programmed for the early computers. Then, specific devices like the Playstation from Sony, X-Box from Microsoft started to enter the scene. These helped with growing the number of people who play games since not everybody likes to own a PC to play games.

As the smartphone era begin, video games started to make an impact on those devices as well and the mobile gamer base started growing rapidly. 

Recently, the industry also evolved furthermore and professional e-sport teams started to emerge which boosted the spectator sport angle of the industry. This also grew with the adoption of streaming platforms like Twitch, where watching professional gamers play video games became a trend. 

Now, it is not uncommon to see most multiplayer competitive games to have a professional scene where teams like TSM, Liquid, Cloud 9 have signed players that compete on a professional level.