NEWZOO AND ESPORTS BAR: SPORTS, SPANISH, AND SPENDING THIS REPORT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ESPORTS BAR 1. Foreword 4 2. Economy vs. Community 5 3. Language Popularity 7 4. Most Popular PC Titles 10 5. The Opportunities for Sports 14 6. Social Network Usage 19 7. Using Consumer Insights 23 SPENDING, SPANISH, AND SPORTS ACCOUNTED FOR HAVE HAVE SEEN OF THE WORLD’S $660 SPANISH SPEAKERS IN INVESTMENTS BY MILLION ESPORTS THE ESPORTS SPORTS CLUBS INTO REVENUES IN 2017 AUDIENCE ESPORTS 3 © copyright Newzoo 2017 NEXT EDITION: February 12th-14th ESPORTS IN THE AMERICAS Cannes The Americas are a key region for esports, representing 25% of the global esports audience and 40% of revenues generated within the esports industry. North America has seen large investments from game publishers, venture capitalists, and traditional media in its esports scene. With the Overwatch League and franchised NA LCS leagues, investment and growth is expected to continue in the coming years. In Latin America, esports has quickly risen in popularity, with its fans known for their passion and dedication to games and teams. Latin Jurre Pannekeet America has developed some of most talented players in the world, especially in League of Senior Market Analyst Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. To effectively reach the esports community TYPE OF GAME CONTENT WATCHED | SPLIT PER LANGUAGE in the Americas, it is vital to understand the differences that come with the various ENGLISH SPEAKERS SPANISH SPEAKERS PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS cultures and languages in the region. There are three main cultures and languages to 70% consider when creating an esports strategy 61% 53% for the Americas. A one-size-fits-all approach 49% 33% will not work as there are dramatic differ- 25% 29% 20% ences in the preferences and habits of the 17% gaming and eports audience in each country. ESPORTS CONTENT LET'S PLAYS OR TIPS AND TRICKS FOR GAMES WALKTHROUGHS Source: Newzoo Esports Consumer Insights 4 © copyright Newzoo 2017 Based on people aged 10-65 in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina who watch video game content IN 2017, THE AMERICAS ACCOUNT FOR OF THE WORLD’S ESPORTS ECONOMY ESPORTS AUDIENCE IN THE AMERICAS | NORTH AMERICA & LATIN AMERICA | 2016, 2017, AND 2020 OF THE GLOBAL AUDIENCE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY REVENUES OCCASIONAL VIEWERS PER FAN 145.8M PER FAN ESPORTS ENTHUSIASTS $9.7 2017 $240M 36.4% 102.3M OF GLOBAL 79.3M 84.8M TOTAL REVENUES 53.8M 43.7M REVENUES PER FAN PER FAN $1.0 66.5M 2017 41.1M 48.5M 3.4% $23M OF GLOBAL 2016 2017 2020 TOTAL REVENUES 6 © copyright Newzoo 2017 Source: Newzoo 2017 Global Esports Market Report IN THE U.S., OF THE ESPORTS AUDIENCE IS HISPANIC OR LATINO ESPORTS IS MORE POPULAR WITH HISPANICS AND LATINOS IN THE U.S. THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION ESPORTS AUDIENCE IN THE AMERICAS SHARE OF PEOPLE IN ESPORTS AUDIENCE SPLIT BY LANGUAGE | 2017 SPLIT BY AUDIENCE TYPE | U.S. 2017 In the U.S., LATINO OR HISPANIC ONLINE POPULATION ENGLISH SPANISH SPEAKING 21% Of the esports SPEAKING audience is 25% Hispanic or Latino 16% THE ESPORTS 52% 13% AUDIENCE 10% Of the global esports audience, 8% 23% 7% are from Spanish PORTUGUESE speaking countries SPEAKING OCCASIONAL ENTHUSIASTIC TOTAL VIEWER VIEWER AUDIENCE Source: Newzoo 2017 Global Esports Market Report Based on the online population aged 10-65 Source: Newzoo 2017 Esports Consumer Insights 8 © copyright Newzoo 2017 THE SPANISH ONLINE GAMING COMPETITION CONTINUES TO GROW IN POPULARITY LIGA DE VIDEOJUEGOS PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCE IN 2016 SPLIT BY LOCATION OF VIEWERS OTHER E.U. EXCL. SPAIN 7% SPAIN 10% 42% NORTH 10% AMERICA LIGA DE VIDEOJUEGOS PROFESIONAL OWNER: FANDROID FOUNDED: 2011 LATIN 31% LANGUAGE: SPANISH AMERICA With over 250,000 registered players, the LVP is the biggest esports organization in Spain. It manages the most prestigious professional LVP’s Twitch audience LVP’s VOD audience competitions (LVP Superliga), the biggest esports event in the country (Unique viewers): (YouTube video views) (Gamergy), two online competition platforms (ArenaGG and LigaPlaystation) and it regularly broadcasts many international tournaments in Spanish, such as the League of Legends © Championship Series, Call of Duty © World League, and the Rocket League © in 2017 (Q1+Q2), up 57% YoY in 2016. Expected to grow 16% in 2017. Championship Series. 9 © copyright Newzoo 2017 OVERWATCH IS MORE POPULAR IN NORTH AMERICA THAN SOUTH AMERICA SHARE OF PC GAMERS* THAT PLAYS POPULAR ESPORTS FRANCHISES | US, CA, BR, MX | JUNE 2017 30% 34% 31% 41% 15% 16% 21% 9% 19% 19% 5% 10% 20% 24% 12% 18% Local Garry’s Mod Heroes of the Storm Crossfire Tibia Outliers 6% vs. 3% average 7% vs. 5% average 8% vs. 1% average 4% vs. 1% average *Based on PC gaming enthusiasts in each country who use Overwolf software 11 © copyright Newzoo 2017 Source: Newzoo PC Game Tracker GARRY’S MOD AND HEROES OF THE STORM GARRY´S MOD HEROES OF THE STORM PLATFORMS: PC PLATFORMS: PC LAUNCH DATE: 2006 (STANDALONE) LAUNCH DATE: JUNE 2015 PUBLISHER: VALVE PUBLISHER: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT HQ: WALSALL, UNITED KINGDOM HQ: SANTA MONICA, UNITED STATES Garry's Mod, developed by Facepunch Studios, Heroes of the Storm (HotS) is Blizzard´s answer to was originally a mod for Valve’s Half-Life 2. It a 5-on-5 multiplayer online battle arena game. The was released as a standalone title in 2006. The objective is to destroy your opponent´s base physics sandox game gives players unlimited before they destroy yours. HotS has had great options to be creative, as there are no predefined Most popular PC game success in several countries, especially Canada, Most popular PC game goals or objectives. Garry’s Mod is one of the in the U.S. in June ranking higher than the likes of Dota and Rocket in Canada in June most downloaded games on Steam and there is a League. Compared to other esports titles, HotS has large internet community based around the title. an active collegiate scene with Heroes of the Dorm. 12 © copyright Newzoo 2017 CROSSFIRE AND TIBIA CROSSFIRE TIBIA PLATFORMS: PC PLATFORMS: PC LAUNCH DATE: MAY 2007 LAUNCH DATE: JANUARY 1997 PUBLISHER: Z8GAMES PUBLISHER: CIPSOFT HQ: TORONTO, CANADA HQ: REGENSBURG, GERMANY Crossfire is a first-person-shooter with Tibia is a free massively multiplayer online different game modes, such as deathmatch, role-playing game. The opportunity to explore and search and destroy. It is no secret that the Tibia world, go on quests, and gather Crossfire is a smash in South Korea and China, treasures has attracted thousands of gamers but since Z8Games published Crossfire in Most popular PC game all over the world through the years. Although Most popular PC game LATAM, it has become one of the most in Brazil in June Tibia is an old game, it has remained a top title in Mexico in June popular games in Brazil. because of its tricky riddles. 13 © copyright Newzoo 2017 OF ESPORTS ENTHUSIASTS DO NOT WATCH THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THEIR COUNTRY OVERLAP BETWEEN FOOTBALL FANS AND ENTHUSIASTIC ESPORTS VIEWERS | NORTH AMERICA | 2017 ALL FOOTBALL FANS ESPORTS & FOOTBALL FANS ESPORTS ONLY FANS ALL FREQUENT NORTH AMERICAN NORTH AMERICAN ENTHUSIASTIC NORTH AMERICAN ENTHUSIASTIC FOOTBALL VIEWERS ESPORTS VIEWERS WHO ESPORTS VIEWERS WHO DO WATCH FOOTBALL WATCH FOOTBALL 8% 10% 5%1% 12% 13% 29% 15% 9% 10% Aged 21-35 M10-20 F10-20 Aged 21-35 M21-35 F21-35 3% 8% 19% M36-50 F36-50 13% M51-65 F51-65 25% 17% COUNTRY SCOPE US, CA, *Enthusiastic Esports Viewers defined by viewing professional esports at least once a month. 15 © copyright Newzoo 2017 Source: Newzoo 2017 Esports Consumer Insights POPULARITY OF PROFESSIONAL GAMING DRIVES TRADITIONAL SPORTS CLUBS TO ENTER ESPORTS BOSTON BRUINS PHILIDELPHIA 76’ERS MAIN TEAMS: LOL AND CSGO MAIN TEAMS: LOL AND CSGO FOUNDED: 1924 FOUNDED: 1946 CLUB’S MAIN SPORT: ICE HOCKEY CLUB’S MAIN SPORT: BASKETBALL Delaware North, the parent company of hockey Philidelphia 76’ers became the first North team Boston Bruins, invested in North American American sports team to own an esports esports organization Splyce in early 2017. Apart organization when it acquired one of the oldest from the main teams, Splyce also houses teams and most respected teams in esports, Dignitas, in games such as Call of Duty, Starcraft 2, and last year. Dignitas has had a lot of success over Hearthstone. TD Garden serves as the home the last decade in top-tier esports franchises, facility for Splyce and is where the NA LCS such as League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Summer 2017 Finals will take place in Global Offensive. September. 16 © copyright Newzoo 2017 OVERLAP BETWEEN SOCCER FANS AND ENTHUSIASTIC ESPORTS VIEWERS | LATIN AMERICA | 2017 ALL SOCCER FANS ESPORTS & SOCCER FANS ESPORTS ONLY FANS ALL FREQUENT LATIN AMERICAN LATIN AMERICAN ENTHUSIASTIC LATIN AMERICAN ENTHUSIASTIC SOCCER VIEWERS ESPORTS VIEWERS THAT ESPORTS VIEWERS THAT DO WATCH SOCCER WATCH SOCCER 4% 1% 9% 16% 15% 31% 15% 9% 1% 2% Aged 21-35 23% M10-20 F10-20 Aged 21-35 M21-35 F21-35 11% M36-50 F36-50 7% M51-65 F51-65 15% 41% COUNTRY SCOPE AG, MX, BR *Enthusiastic Esports Viewers defined by viewing professional esports at least once a month. 17 © copyright Newzoo 2017 Source: Newzoo 2017 Esports Consumer Insights POPULARITY OF PROFESSIONAL GAMING DRIVES TRADITIONAL SPORTS CLUBS TO ENTER ESPORTS RIVER PLATE CLUB AMERICA TEAMS: FIFA TEAMS: FIFA FOUNDED: 2016 FOUNDED: 2017 CLUB’S MAIN SPORT: SOCCER CLUB’S MAIN SPORT: SOCCER The rise of esports in Argentina convinced Argentinian sports Mexican soccer organization Club America announced its entry into organization River Plate to enter the space in 2016.