Aposto Tech&nbsp;gathers the best articles on technology at Aposto, curated by our editors.<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">Will e-sports be an alternative to football?In short, e-sports stands for the world of organised video games in which professional players or teams in professional leagues compete within the framework of competition. Opponents from different leagues or teams, namely e-athletes, compete fiercely in popular video games such as Fortnite, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Madden NFL. Meanwhile, many game enthusiasts, and we are talking about millions here, follow these games on online platforms or by participating in organised events, just like watching a sports competition. Through streaming platforms such as Twitch, gamers can watch their favourite e-athletes, and e-athletes can build their own fanbase.<p contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-wrapper fr-deletable" fr-original-style="text-align:center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><a bgcolor="#effe75" color="#090909" contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-link" fr-original-style="background-color:#effe75 !important;color:#090909 !important" href="https://aposto.com/i/will-e-sports-be-an-alternative-to-football" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(239, 254, 117) !important; color: rgb(9, 9, 9) !important; text-decoration: none; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Read More</a><p contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-wrapper fr-deletable" fr-original-style="text-align:center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><a bgcolor="#effe75" color="#090909" contenteditable="false" fr-original-class="custom-button-link" fr-original-style="background-color:#effe75 !important;color:#090909 !important" href="https://aposto.com/n/aposto-tech" rel="noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(239, 254, 117) !important; color: rgb(9, 9, 9) !important; text-decoration: none; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Subscribe</a>

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According to the ‘Turkish startup ecosystem 2022 HI’ report published by <a fr-original-style="" href="https://startups.watch/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Startups.watch</a>, the fact that the Turkish gaming industry received 333 million investments in the first 6 months of the year and received the most investments in the game sector in Europe drew attention to the seriousness of this potential once again.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">First of all: What is e-sports?</h2>In short, e-sports stands for the world of organised video games in which professional players or teams in professional leagues compete within the framework of competition. Opponents from different leagues or teams, namely e-athletes, compete fiercely in popular video games such as Fortnite, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Madden NFL. Meanwhile, many game enthusiasts, and we are talking about millions here, follow these games on online platforms or by participating in organised events, just like watching a sports competition. Through streaming platforms such as Twitch, gamers can watch their favourite e-athletes, and e-athletes can build their own fanbase.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">The very first e-sports tournament in history</h2>Although it is a concept that we have been frequently hearing in recent years, the roots of e-sports actually date back about 50 years. Due to the introduction of computer technologies into our lives in the 50s and the video games becoming a part of our lives for the next 20 years, the event that is considered the first video game tournament in history <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ispo.com/en/markets/history-esports-how-it-all-began" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">took place</a> on October 19, 1972.&nbsp;<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/10/3/1669803211378.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.49" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">'Spacewar' — Wikimedia CommonsOn this date, 24 players came together at the ‘Intergalactic Spacewar Olympics’ hosted by Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to compete in ‘Spacewar’, known as the world's first digital computer game, and with this event, the foundations of the e-sports world were established. In the years after this tournament, where the winner received only a one-year ‘Rolling Stones’ subscription as a prize in contrast to today's millions of dollars, the unstoppable rise of e-sports began with events of games such as Asteroids and Space Invaders.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">So, who are e-sports watchers?</h2>In fact, Asian countries make up a large proportion of e-sports watchers. Based on 2019 data; 40% of internet users in China, 33% in Vietnam, 29% in the Philippines, 26% in Indonesia, 25% in Thailand, 24% in India,19% in South Korea, 19% in the United Arab Emirates, 17% in Taiwan, and 16% in Turkey <a fr-original-style="" href="https://cyberathletiks.com/how-many-people-watch-esports/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">watch&nbsp;</a>official e-sports tournaments.&nbsp;According to data shared by Newzoo, a total of 435.7 million people <a fr-original-style="" href="https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/the-esports-audience-will-pass-half-a-billion-in-2022-as-revenue-engagement-esport-industry-growth?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">watched</a> e-sports, 220.5 million being occasional and 215.2 million being regular viewers. In 2021, this number increased by 240 million, from 249.5 million to 489 million; whereas in 2022, it rose from 270.9 million to 532 million, with an increase of 261.2 million. According to Newzoo, a total of 640.8 million people will have been e-sports watchers by 2025.In addition, while the number of people who watched the NBA finals in 2016 was 31 million, the number of people who watched the League of Legends world finals match was 43 million is another indicator of the rising popularity of e-sports.When it comes to the gender of e-sports fans, although there is a misconception that, as in most sports, males have an overwhelming majority, we can say that this perception has now been changed according to the data published in recent years. The distribution of e-athletes aged 18 and over in the USA, where 38% were women and 62% were men in 2006, is <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/232383/gender-split-of-us-computer-and-video-gamers/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">45% female and 55% male</a>.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Huge market value</h2>The value of the global esports market, which was worth 906 million dollars in 2018, is over 1.38 billion dollars by 2022. Nevertheless, the e-sports market is <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/490522/global-esports-market-revenue/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">projected to</a> continue to grow and reach a value of&nbsp;1.86 billion dollars by 2025. The e-sports market of Asia and North America, where only China currently makes up one-fifth of, is one of the world's largest e-sports markets in terms of value.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">E-sports in Turkey</h2>According to Riot Games Turkey Manager Bora Koçyiğit, e-sports games stand out as the second most watched sport after football in Turkey. While highlighting that this fact e-sports is among the rising trends in Turkey, Orlando Carlo Calumeno, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the e-sports team fastPlay WildCats, who participated in the Bloomberg HT Business World program in 2021 and evaluated the Turkish market, states that there are 85 to 90 professional e-sports teams in Turkey, while there are thousands in the amateur league. Calumano also adds that the Turkish e-sports sector is a market worth&nbsp;850 million to 950 million dollars.&nbsp;<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/10/3/1669803335912.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.82" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Startups.watch&nbsp;On the other hand, according to Newzoo data, as of 2018, there are more than 4 million e-sports viewers in Turkey. According to Gaming in Turkey, at least 29 million out of over 46 million people&nbsp;with internet access in Turkey actively play video games.

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Geçtiğimiz haftalarda rakamlarla <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apos.to/s/62c18c6933760100069a73ff" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Türkiye’de oyun sektörü</a> hakkında yazmış; dünya ve Türkiye’deki oyun sektörüne gelen yatırımların ve potansiyelin büyüklüğünden bahsetmiştik. Geçen hafta <a fr-original-style="" href="https://startups.watch/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Startups.watch</a> tarafından yayınlanan “Turkish startup ecosystem 2022 HI” raporuna göre Türkiye oyun sektörünün yılın ilk 6 ayında 333 milyon yatırım alarak Avrupa’da oyun sektöründe en çok yatırım alan ülke olması da bu potansiyelin ciddiyetinin altını bir kez daha <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/turkiye-oyun-sektoru-avrupanin-zirvesinde-haber-1574248" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">çizmişti.</a>Bugünse, oyun sektörüyle bağlantılı ve doğru orantılı bir şekilde hızlı büyümeye devam eden bir başka sektör olan “e-spor” sektörünün ne olduğuna bir bakış atıyor olacağız.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Her şeyden önce: Nedir bu e-spor?</h2>Kısaca tanımlayacak olursak e-spor, profesyonel liglerde profesyonel oyuncuların ya da takımların rekabet çerçevesinde karşı karşıya geldiği organize video oyun dünyasını tanımlamak için kullanılır. Farklı lig veya takımlardan rakipler, yani e-sporcular, Fortnite, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Overwatch ve Madden NFL gibi popüler video oyunlarında kıyasıya mücadele eder. Bu sırada çok sayıda oyun sever de, ki burada milyonlardan bahsediyoruz, tıpkı bir spor müsabakası izler gibi bu karşılaşmaları çevrimiçi platformlardan ya da düzenlenen etkinliklere katılarak takip eder. Twitch gibi yayın platformları aracılığıyla oyun severler favori e-sporcularını izleyebilir ve bu sayede e-sporcular da kendi hayran kitlelerini oluşturabilir.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Tarihin ilk e-spor turnuvası</h2>Her ne kadar son yıllarda sık sık duymaya başladığımız bir kavram olsa da aslında e-sporun kökleri bundan 50 yıl kadar öncesine uzanıyor. 50’li yıllarda bilgisayar teknolojilerinin hayatımıza girmesi ve bundan sonraki 20 yıl boyunca video oyunlarla tanışmaya başlamamızın sonucunda, 19 Ekim 1972’de tarihin ilk video oyun turnuvası olarak kabul gören etkinlik <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ispo.com/en/markets/history-origin-esports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">gerçekleşti.</a>&nbsp;<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/1/1658729263251.jpeg" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.49" width="550" alt="Spacewar" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">"Spacewar" — Wikimedia CommonsBu tarihte 24 oyuncu, dünyanın ilk dijital bilgisayar oyunu olarak bilinen “Spacewar”da yarışmak üzere Stanford Üniversitesi’nin Yapay Zekâ Laboratuvarı’nın ev sahipliği yaptığı “Galaksiler Arası Uzay Savaşı Olimpiyatları”nda bir araya geldi ve bu olay ile birlikte e-spor dünyasının temelleri atılmış oldu. Kazananın ödül olarak günümüzdeki milyon dolarların aksine sadece bir yıllık “Rolling Stones” aboneliği aldığı bu turnuvayı takip eden yıllarda Asteroids ve Space Invaders gibi oyunlar için gerçekleştirilen etkinlikler ile de e-spor’un engellenemez yükselişi başladı.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Peki, kimler e-spor izliyor?</h2>Aslına bakacak olursanız e-spor izleyicilerinin büyük bir kısmını Asya ülkeleri oluşturuyor. 2019 verilerine göre Çin’de internet kullanıcılarının %40’ı, Vietnam’da %33’ü, Filipinler’de %29’u, Endonezya’da %26’sı, Tayland’da %25’i, Hindistan’da %24’ü, Güney Kore’de %19’u, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri’nde %19’u, Tayvan’da %17’si, Türkiye’de ise %16’sı resmî e-spor turnuvalarını <a fr-original-style="" href="https://cyberathletiks.com/how-many-people-watch-esports/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">izliyor.</a>&nbsp;Newzoo tarafından paylaşılan verilere göre 220.5 milyonu arada sırada, 215.2 milyonu ise düzenli bir şekilde olmak üzere toplamda 435.7 milyon kişi e-spor <a fr-original-style="" href="https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/the-esports-audience-will-pass-half-a-billion-in-2022-as-revenue-engagement-esport-industry-growth" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">izlemiş</a>. 2021’de bu sayı 249.5 milyona 240 milyon olmak üzere artarak 489 milyon; 2022’de ise 270.9 milyona 261.2 milyon olacak şekilde 532 milyon olacak şekilde artış göstermiştir. Newzoo’nun tahminlerine göre 2025 yılına geldiğimizde ise toplamda 640.8 milyon kişinin e-spor izleyicisi olması beklenmekte.Bununla birlikte; 2016 yılında NBA finallerini izleyenlerin sayısı 31 milyon iken League of Legends dünya finali maçını izleyenlerin sayısının 43 milyon olması da e-sporun giderek artan popülaritesinin bir başka göstergesi olduğu söylenebilir.E-spor hayranlarının cinsiyetine gelecek olursak, her ne kadar çoğu spor dalında olduğu gibi burada da erkeklerin ezici bir çoğunluğa sahip olduğu gibi yanlış bir algı olsa da, son yıllarda elde edilen verilerle bu algının artık kırıldığını söyleyebiliriz. Buna göre ABD’de 2006 yılında %38’ini kadınların, %62’sini ise erkeklerin oluşturduğu 18 yaş ve üzeri e-sporcuların 2021’deki dağılımı,&nbsp;%45 kadın ve %55 erkek <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/232383/gender-split-of-us-computer-and-video-gamers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">şeklindedir.</a><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Büyük pazar değeri</h2>2018’de 906 milyon dolar değerinde olan küresel e-spor pazarının değeri, 2022 itibarıyla 1.38 milyar doların üzerinde&nbsp;seyrediyor. Bununla birlikte; e-spor pazarının büyümeye devam ederek 2025 yılında 1.86 milyar dolar&nbsp;değerine ulaşacağı <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/490522/global-esports-market-revenue/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">öngörülüyor.</a> Güncel durumda sadece Çin’in beşte birini oluşturduğu Asya ve Kuzey Amerika’nın e-spor pazarı, değer bakımından dünyanın en büyük e-spor pazarlarının başında geliyor.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Türkiye’de e-spor</h2>Riot Games Türkiye Müdürü Bora Koçyiğit’e göre e-spor karşılaşmaları, Türkiye’de futboldan sonra en çok izlenen ikinci spor olarak öne çıkıyor. Bu gerçek e-spor’un Türkiye’de de yükselen trendler arasında olduğunun altını çizerken, 2021 yılında Bloomberg HT İş Dünyası programına katılan ve Türkiye pazarına dair değerlendirmelerde bulunan e-spor takımı fastPlay WildCats Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Orlando Carlo Calumeno da Türkiye’de 85 ila 90 profesyonel e-spor takımı; amatör ligde ise binlerce takım olduğunu <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bloomberght.com/turkiye-de-e-spor-850-950-milyon-dolar-buyukluge-ulasti-2272481" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">belirtiyor.</a> Calumano ayrıca Türkiye e-spor sektörünün&nbsp;850 ila 950 milyon dolar değerinde bir pazar olduğunu da sözlerine ekliyor.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/1/1658731685862.jpeg" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="2.82" width="550" alt="Gaming in Turkey" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Startups.watch üzerindenÖte yandan, Newzoo verilerine göre 2018 yılı itibariyle Türkiye’de 4 milyonu aşkın e-spor izleyicisi bulunuyor. Gaming in Turkey’e göreyse Türkiye’de internet erişimi bulunan 46 milyondan fazla kişinin en az 29 milyonunun aktif bir şekilde video oyunu oynadığı belirtiliyor.

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