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Esports Are Like Other Pro Sports, Except Someone Owns the Game—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

Esports Are Like Other Pro Sports, Except Someone Owns the Game—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

FromWhat's New


Esports Are Like Other Pro Sports, Except Someone Owns the Game—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

FromWhat's New

ratings:
Length:
4 minutes
Released:
Sep 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Esports are booming, and players are making it their lives. It’s a whole lot like professional sports, with young stars, huge revenues from events, and passionate fans. Except there’s one big difference: in sports, no one owns the actual game. And that ends up changing a lot about how esports works. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/esports-pros-labor-game-publishers-power/
Released:
Sep 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Listen to narrated versions of WIRED's biggest stories in the morning, and get an update on the day’s most interesting story from Editor in Chief Nick Thompson in the afternoon.