esports!

A developers guide in 20(ish) mins

Pete Lewin

EGX 23 September 2016

WHO AM I?
Pete Lewin
Lawyer @ Purewal & Partners
Gamer (<3 League, Overwatch and WoW)
Blogger @ legalgamer.weebly.com
Tweeter @ LegalGamerUK
Good guy!

Publishing Deals:
Today
how to get it!!!!
esports!
right
and not get
screwed

What are
esports?
Most commonly, eSports take the
form of organized,multiplayer video
gamecompetitions,
particularly
between
(but
not
limited
to)professionalplayers. Wikipedia

Some Numbers

$1.1bn
The revenue some
estimate esports
will generate by
2019 Newzoo

$20m
Dota 2 TI 2016
prize pool ($9m
went to 1st place
team)

85% male /
18-24
Estimated US esport
demographic SuperData

103m

The number of
monthly active
League players
Eurogamer

$1.6bn / $238m /
$221m
Estimated revenue for League / Dota
2 and CSGO respectively in 2015 CNBC

The biggest games right now

But dont forget about

Some of the biggest devs /

publishers right now
GIANTS

INDIES

BIG
PUBLISHERS

Some of the biggest

event organisers

How people consume esports

459,366 years

7/10

Total years worth of content

streamed in 2015

The
number
of games
within the
top 10
most
streamed
games list
that are
esports

334m
The number of viewers over
LoLs 4 week World
Championships

27m
The number of unique viewers on
Twitch for ESL One Cologne
Twitch

Factors for devs in esports

YAYS:
Predicted growth!
Various monetisation
methods.
esports to date generally
retrofitted.

But Remember:
Its hard
Specific design issues
Seek industry input
Can you make an
esport?
Game balance /
updating is crucial
RNG?
VR?
Most esports have some
form of collectibles
cards, skins, heroes etc
Balance consumer vs
competitive

What are some of the issues

facing esports right now?

Team /
publisher relations Cohesion
Player / team relations

Over-saturated
calendars Engaging non-endemic
within games

investment / sponsors

Illegal

gambling Integrity issues

Broadcast rights Child Protection
Immigration

How can we help?

Purewal & Partners is the only law firm in the EU
to deal with esports on a daily basis.
We cover the entire esports industry and our
clients include devs, esports orgs, teams, players,
event organisers, broadcasters and more.

Thanks! Questions?
........................................................

E: peter@purewalandpartners.com
W: www.purewalandpartners.com
T: @LegalGamerUK
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