The Impending Existential Crisis of North American Esports

Visionaries: Gaming, Media and the Internet Explained

May 26 2023 • 1 hr 4 mins

The League of Legends North American esports scene braces for what could be a full-scale crisis. The financial problems in the scene kicked off a chain reaction that is leading the sector towards a downward spiral. Is there a way to avoid it? The New York Times' reporter Kellen Browning joins Jacob Wolf on ‘Visionaries’ to discuss the current challenges the esports scene in North America is facing.

“If esports wants to be a mature, mainstream industry, it's going to face the same kind of scrutiny as any television or film industries or any sort of entertainment industry. And that's going to include tough questions about how you are going to make money.”

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