Indian eSports community DELIGHTED after Government of India gives recognition to eSports as the part of multi-sports events: The progress of eSports in India has witnessed several ups and downs over the last few days. However, today is certainly the best day for the industry as the Indian Government finally gives the sport a deserving recognition by announcing it as the part of multi-sport events. Since the announcement, reactions have been pouring in from several sections of industry. Here’s a few of them. For future updates on eSports and gaming news, follow InsideSport.IN.
Reactions from the Indian eSports community
Great news for us to begin the New Year. We have been constantly working on establishing the difference between esports and iGaming, and finally, our efforts have been fulfilled. We welcome this announcement by our government under the leadership of Hon’ble PM Modi ji, which will open new avenues to pour in more investment opportunities in this booming industry. From now onwards, we will have to build the proper infrastructure, training facilities and coaching for our young esports athletes. Only a short time until we see Esports being placed in the same league as cricket, football, basketball, etc. and having similar fan power, scale and craze.
With the latest announcement and India recently competing for medals at the inaugural Esports Asian Games, people are shaking off the misconceptions linked with esports as a passion or career option. The year 2023 beholds greater opportunities for esports and we are anticipating more favourable developments, only making it bigger. It surely has been a great year for Indian esports.
Rohit Agarwal, Founder & Director, Alpha Zegus, the next-gen marketing agency specializing in the domains of gaming & lifestyle
One small step by the government, one giant leap for our industry. It’s an absolute delight to see this news come in just when the new year is around the corner. Government recognizing esports as a multisport event will open a lot of doors for our space – whether is more investors showing interest, bigger scale events, or even more support by family to take up esports as a career. We might also start seeing more international interest from both publishers and brands. This is the beginning of a new chapter for the industry.
