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North America E-sports Market 2020-2030 by Game Type, Revenue Source, Device, Streaming Platform, Audience Type, Viewer Gender, Age Group, and Country: Trend Forecast and Growth Opportunity

Published: 26 Jun 2020 | Report Code: 10247571 | Pages: 137

North America e-sports market is expected to grow by 16.9% annually in the forecast period and reach $2,441.9 million by 2030 owing to the rising need for remote sports and virtual games amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlighted with 33 tables and 77 figures, this 137-page report “North America E-sports Market 2020-2030 by Game Type, Revenue Source, Device, Streaming Platform, Audience Type, Viewer Gender, Age Group, and Country: Trend Forecast and Growth Opportunity” is based on a comprehensive research of the entire North America e-sports market and all its sub-segments through extensively detailed classifications. Profound analysis and assessment are generated from premium primary and secondary information sources with inputs derived from industry professionals across the value chain. The report is based on studies on 2015-2019 and provides forecast from 2020 till 2030 with 2019 as the base year. (Please note: The report will be updated before delivery so that the latest historical year is the base year and the forecast covers at least 5 years over the base year.) In-depth qualitative analyses include identification and investigation of the following aspects: • Market Structure • Growth Drivers • Restraints and Challenges • Emerging Product Trends & Market Opportunities • Porter’s Fiver Forces The trend and outlook of North America market is forecast in optimistic, balanced, and conservative view by taking into account of COVID-19. The balanced (most likely) projection is used to quantify North America e-sports market in every aspect of the classification from perspectives of Game Type, Revenue Source, Device, Streaming Platform, Audience Type, Viewer Gender, Age Group, and Country. Based on Game Type, the North America market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue for 2019-2030 included in each section. • Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) • Player vs. Player (PvP) • First Person Shooters (FPS) • Real Time Strategy (RTS) • Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) • Other Game Types Based on Revenue Source, the North America market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue for 2019-2030 included in each section. Game Publisher Fee Merchandize & Tickets Advertisement Sponsorships • IT Industry • Consumer Electronics • Drink & Beverage • Financial Institutes & Banks • Retail Industry • Others Media Rights • Subscriptions • Online Advertisements Other Revenue Sources Based on Device, the North America market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue for 2019-2030 included in each section. • PCs • Consoles • Laptops & Tablets • Smartphones • Other Devices Based on Streaming Platform, the North America market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue for 2019-2030 included in each section. • YouTube • Twitch • Hayu • DouYu • Other Streaming Platforms Based on Audience Type, the North America market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) and viewership (million) for 2019-2030 included in each section. • Regular Viewers • Occasional Viewers Based on Viewer Gender, the North America market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) and viewership (million) for 2019-2030 included in each section. • Male Viewers • Female Viewers Based on Age Group, the North America market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) and viewership (million) for 2019-2030 included in each section. • <18 Year Old Viewers • 19-25 Year Old Viewers • 26-35 Year Old Viewers • >35 Year Old Viewers Geographically, the following national/local markets are fully investigated: • U.S. • Canada • Mexico For each aforementioned country, detailed analysis and data for annual revenue are available for 2019-2030. The breakdown of key national markets by Game Type, Revenue Source, and Device over the forecast years are also included. The report also covers current competitive scenario and the predicted trend; and profiles key vendors including market leaders and important emerging players. Specifically, potential risks associated with investing in North America e-sports market are assayed quantitatively and qualitatively through GMD’s Risk Assessment System. According to the risk analysis and evaluation, Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are generated as a guidance to help investors & stockholders identify emerging opportunities, manage and minimize the risks, develop appropriate business models, and make wise strategies and decisions. Key Players (this may not be a complete list and extra companies can be added upon request): Activision Blizzard Inc. Cloud9 Counter Logic Gaming EA Sports. Echo Fox Fnatic Electronic Arts Inc. Envy Gaming Epic Games Inc. G2 Esports Gfinity Plc Hi-Rez Studios Immortals Intergalactic Gaming Ltd. Modern Times Group MTG AB Nintendo Co. Ltd. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Team Liquid Team SoloMid Tencent Holdings Ltd. Valve Corporation (Please note: The report will be updated before delivery so that the latest historical year is the base year and the forecast covers at least 5 years over the base year.) 

Table Of Contents

1 Introduction	7
1.1 Industry Definition and Research Scope	7
1.1.1 Industry Definition	7
1.1.2 Research Scope	8
1.2 Research Methodology	11
1.2.1 Overview of Market Research Methodology	11
1.2.2 Market Assumption	12
1.2.3 Secondary Data	12
1.2.4 Primary Data	12
1.2.5 Data Filtration and Model Design	14
1.2.6 Market Size/Share Estimation	15
1.2.7 Research Limitations	16
1.3 Executive Summary	17
2 Market Overview and Dynamics	20
2.1 Market Size and Forecast	20
2.2 Major Growth Drivers	22
2.3 Market Restraints and Challenges	27
2.4 Emerging Opportunities and Market Trends	30
2.5 Porter’s Fiver Forces Analysis	34
3 Segmentation of North America Market by Game Type	38
3.1 Market Overview by Game Type	38
3.2 Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)	40
3.3 Player vs. Player (PvP)	41
3.4 First Person Shooters (FPS)	42
3.5 Real Time Strategy (RTS)	43
3.6 Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG)	44
3.7 Other Game Types	45
4 Segmentation of North America Market by Revenue Source	46
4.1 Market Overview by Revenue Source	46
4.2 Game Publisher Fee	48
4.3 Merchandize & Tickets	49
4.4 Advertisement	50
4.5 Sponsorships	51
4.6 Media Rights	53
4.7 Other Revenue Sources	54
5 Segmentation of North America Market by Device	55
5.1 Market Overview by Device	55
5.2 PCs	57
5.3 Consoles	58
5.4 Laptops & Tablets	59
5.5 Smartphones	60
5.6 Other Devices	61
6 Segmentation of North America Market by Streaming Platform	62
6.1 Market Overview by Streaming Platform	62
6.2 YouTube	64
6.3 Twitch	65
6.4 Hayu	66
6.5 DouYu	67
6.6 Other Streaming Platforms	68
7 Segmentation of North America Market by Audience Type	69
7.1 Market Overview by Audience Type	69
7.2 Regular Viewers	72
7.3 Occasional Viewers	74
8 Segmentation of North America Market by Viewer Gender	76
8.1 Market Overview by Viewer Gender	76
8.2 Male Viewers	79
8.3 Female Viewers	81
9 Segmentation of North America Market by Age Group	83
9.1 Market Overview by Age Group	83
9.2 <18 Year Old Viewers	86
9.3 19-25 Year Old Viewers	88
9.4 26-35 Year Old Viewers	90
9.5 >35 Year Old Viewers	92
10 North America Market 2019-2030 by Country	94
10.1 Overview of North America Market	94
10.2 U.S.	97
10.3 Canada	101
10.4 Mexico	103
11 Competitive Landscape	105
11.1 Overview of Key Vendors	105
11.2 New Product Launch, Partnership, Investment, and M&A	109
11.3 Company Profiles	110
Activision Blizzard Inc.	110
Cloud9	112
Counter Logic Gaming	113
EA Sports.	114
Echo Fox Fnatic	115
Electronic Arts Inc.	116
Envy Gaming	117
Epic Games Inc.	118
G2 Esports	119
Gfinity Plc	120
Hi-Rez Studios	121
Immortals	122
Intergalactic Gaming Ltd.	123
Modern Times Group MTG AB	124
Nintendo Co. Ltd.	125
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.	126
Team Liquid	127
Team SoloMid	128
Tencent Holdings Ltd.	129
Valve Corporation	130
12 Investing in North America Market: Risk Assessment and Management	131
12.1 Risk Evaluation of North America Market	131
12.2 Critical Success Factors (CSFs)	134
Related Reports and Products	137
List Of Tables

Table 1.  Snapshot of North America E-sports Market, 2019-2030	18
Table 2.  Main Product Trends and Market Opportunities in North America E-sports Market	30
Table 3. North America E-sports Market by Game Type, 2019-2030, $ mn	38
Table 4. North America E-sports Market: Player vs. Player (PvP) by Type, 2019-2030, $ mn	41
Table 5. North America E-sports Market by Revenue Source, 2019-2030, $ mn	46
Table 6. North America E-sports Market: Sponsorships by Contributor, 2019-2030, $ mn	52
Table 7. North America E-sports Market: Media Rights by Type, 2019-2030, $ mn	53
Table 8. North America E-sports Market by Device, 2019-2030, $ mn	55
Table 9. North America E-sports Market by Streaming Platform, 2019-2030, $ mn	62
Table 10. North America E-sports Market by Audience Type, 2019-2030, $ mn	69
Table 11. North America E-sports Viewership by Audience Type, 2019-2030, million	70
Table 12. North America E-sports Market by Viewer Gender, 2019-2030, $ mn	76
Table 13. North America E-sports Viewership by Viewer Gender, 2019-2030, million	77
Table 14. North America E-sports Market by Age Group, 2019-2030, $ mn	83
Table 15. North America E-sports Viewership by Age Group, 2019-2030, million	84
Table 16. North America E-sports Market by Country, 2019-2030, $ mn	95
Table 17. U.S. E-sports Market by Game Type, 2019-2030, $ mn	99
Table 18. U.S. E-sports Market by Revenue Source, 2019-2030, $ mn	99
Table 19. U.S. E-sports Market by Device, 2019-2030, $ mn	99
Table 20. Canada E-sports Market by Game Type, 2019-2030, $ mn	102
Table 21. Canada E-sports Market by Revenue Source, 2019-2030, $ mn	102
Table 22. Canada E-sports Market by Device, 2019-2030, $ mn	102
Table 23. Mexico E-sports Market by Game Type, 2019-2030, $ mn	104
Table 24. Mexico E-sports Market by Revenue Source, 2019-2030, $ mn	104
Table 25. Mexico E-sports Market by Device, 2019-2030, $ mn	104
Table 26. Breakdown of North America Market by Key Vendor, 2019, %	107
Table 27. Activision Blizzard Inc.: Company Snapshot	110
Table 28. Activision Blizzard Inc.: Business Segmentation	110
Table 29. Activision Blizzard Inc.: Product Portfolio	111
Table 30. Activision Blizzard Inc.: Revenue, 2016-2018, $ mn	111
Table 31. Activision Blizzard Inc.: Recent Developments	111
Table 32.  Risk Evaluation for Investing in North America Market, 2019-2030	132
Table 33. Critical Success Factors and Key Takeaways	135
List Of Figures

Figure 1. Research Method Flow Chart	11
Figure 2. Breakdown of Primary Research	13
Figure 3. Bottom-up Approach and Top-down Approach for Market Estimation	15
Figure 4. North America Market Forecast in Optimistic, Conservative and Balanced Perspectives, 2019-2030	17
Figure 5. North America E-sports Market, 2019-2030, $ mn	20
Figure 6. North America E-sports Viewership, 2019-2030, million	21
Figure 7. Primary Drivers and Impact Factors of North America E-sports Market	22
Figure 8. GDP per capita in the World, 1960-2018, $ thousand	25
Figure 9. Forecast of Middle-class Population by Region, 2015-2030, million	25
Figure 10. Worldwide Connected Devices by Device Type, 2014-2022, billion units	26
Figure 11. Primary Restraints and Impact Factors of North America E-sports Market	27
Figure 12. Investment Opportunity Analysis	31
Figure 13. Porter’s Fiver Forces Analysis of North America E-sports Market	34
Figure 14. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Game Type, 2019-2030, % of Revenue	38
Figure 15. North America Addressable Market Cap in 2020-2030 by Game Type, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	39
Figure 16. North America E-sports Market: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA), 2019-2030, $ mn	40
Figure 17. North America E-sports Market: Player vs. Player (PvP), 2019-2030, $ mn	41
Figure 18. North America E-sports Market: First Person Shooters (FPS), 2019-2030, $ mn	42
Figure 19. North America E-sports Market: Real Time Strategy (RTS), 2019-2030, $ mn	43
Figure 20. North America E-sports Market: Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG), 2019-2030, $ mn	44
Figure 21. North America E-sports Market: Other Game Types, 2019-2030, $ mn	45
Figure 22. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Revenue Source, 2019-2030, % of Revenue	46
Figure 23. North America Addressable Market Cap in 2020-2030 by Revenue Source, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	47
Figure 24. North America E-sports Market: Game Publisher Fee, 2019-2030, $ mn	48
Figure 25. North America E-sports Market: Merchandize & Tickets, 2019-2030, $ mn	49
Figure 26. North America E-sports Market: Advertisement, 2019-2030, $ mn	50
Figure 27. North America E-sports Market: Sponsorships, 2019-2030, $ mn	51
Figure 28. North America E-sports Market: Media Rights, 2019-2030, $ mn	53
Figure 29. North America E-sports Market: Other Revenue Sources, 2019-2030, $ mn	54
Figure 30. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Device, 2019-2030, % of Sales Revenue	55
Figure 31. North America Addressable Market Cap in 2020-2030 by Device, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	56
Figure 32. North America E-sports Market: PCs, 2019-2030, $ mn	57
Figure 33. North America E-sports Market: Consoles, 2019-2030, $ mn	58
Figure 34. North America E-sports Market: Laptops & Tablets, 2019-2030, $ mn	59
Figure 35. North America E-sports Market: Smartphones, 2019-2030, $ mn	60
Figure 36. North America E-sports Market: Other Devices, 2019-2030, $ mn	61
Figure 37. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Streaming Platform, 2019-2030, % of Sales Revenue	62
Figure 38. North America Addressable Market Cap in 2020-2030 by Streaming Platform, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	63
Figure 39. North America E-sports Market: YouTube, 2019-2030, $ mn	64
Figure 40. North America E-sports Market: Twitch, 2019-2030, $ mn	65
Figure 41. North America E-sports Market: Hayu, 2019-2030, $ mn	66
Figure 42. North America E-sports Market: DouYu, 2019-2030, $ mn	67
Figure 43. North America E-sports Market: Other Streaming Platforms, 2019-2030, $ mn	68
Figure 44. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Audience Type, 2019-2030, % of Revenue	69
Figure 45. Breakdown of North America E-sports Viewership by Audience Type, 2019-2030, % of Viewership	70
Figure 46. North America Addressable Market Cap in 2020-2030 by Audience Type, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	71
Figure 47. North America Cumulative E-sports Viewership in 2020-2030 by Audience Type, Volume (million) and Share (%)	71
Figure 48. North America E-sports Market: Regular Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	72
Figure 49. North America E-sports Viewership: Regular Viewers, 2019-2030, million	73
Figure 50. North America E-sports Market: Occasional Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	74
Figure 51. North America E-sports Viewership: Occasional Viewers, 2019-2030, million	75
Figure 52. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Viewer Gender, 2019-2030, % of Revenue	76
Figure 53. Breakdown of North America E-sports Viewership by Viewer Gender, 2019-2030, % of Viewership	77
Figure 54. North America Addressable Market Cap in 2020-2030 by Viewer Gender, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	78
Figure 55. North America Cumulative E-sports Viewership in 2020-2030 by Viewer Gender, Volume (million) and Share (%)	78
Figure 56. North America E-sports Market: Male Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	79
Figure 57. North America E-sports Viewership: Male Viewers, 2019-2030, million	80
Figure 58. North America E-sports Market: Female Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	81
Figure 59. North America E-sports Viewership: Female Viewers, 2019-2030, million	82
Figure 60. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Age Group, 2019-2030, % of Revenue	83
Figure 61. Breakdown of North America E-sports Viewership by Age Group, 2019-2030, % of Viewership	84
Figure 62. North America Addressable Market Cap in 2020-2030 by Age Group, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	85
Figure 63. North America Cumulative E-sports Viewership in 2020-2030 by Age Group, Volume (million) and Share (%)	85
Figure 64. North America E-sports Market: <18 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	86
Figure 65. North America E-sports Viewership: <18 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, million	87
Figure 66. North America E-sports Market: 19-25 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	88
Figure 67. North America E-sports Viewership: 19-25 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, million	89
Figure 68. North America E-sports Market: 26-35 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	90
Figure 69. North America E-sports Viewership: 26-35 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, million	91
Figure 70. North America E-sports Market: >35 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, $ mn	92
Figure 71. North America E-sports Viewership: >35 Year Old Viewers, 2019-2030, million	93
Figure 72. Breakdown of North America E-sports Market by Country, 2019 and 2030, % of Revenue	95
Figure 73. Contribution to North America 2020-2030 Cumulative Revenue by Country, Value ($ mn) and Share (%)	96
Figure 74. U.S. E-sports Market, 2019-2030, $ mn	98
Figure 75. Canada E-sports Market, 2019-2030, $ mn	101
Figure 76.  E-sports Market in Mexico, 2015-2026, $ mn	103
Figure 77. Growth Stage of North America E-sports Industry over the Forecast Period	105

Key Players (this may not be a complete list and extra companies can be added upon request): 
Activision Blizzard Inc.	
Cloud9	
Counter Logic Gaming	
EA Sports.	
Echo Fox Fnatic	
Electronic Arts Inc.	
Envy Gaming	
Epic Games Inc.	
G2 Esports	
Gfinity Plc	
Hi-Rez Studios	
Immortals	
Intergalactic Gaming Ltd.	
Modern Times Group MTG AB	
Nintendo Co. Ltd.	
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.	
Team Liquid	
Team SoloMid	
Tencent Holdings Ltd.	
Valve Corporation