La situation économique dans le monde du sport électronique et la situation des professionnels du secteur

Abstract

In the last decades, a new market has emerged : the e-sport market. This phenomenom gathers more and more people and grows every year. E-sport cannot be seen as a marginal phenomenon anymore. However, this market is still recent and there is still a lack of regulation. This lack of regulation has an impact on the actors present in this market and raises a lot of questions : How does the Professional structure work ? What are their kind of revenues ? How do they become profitable ? The answers will depend on the structures but, for sure, most of them are unprofitable today and therefore invest a lot of money to be part of the e-sport market with a hope to be profitable one day. Those structures tries to use the way of working of existing sporting clubs. The sponsoring is a key driver in this market. In Belgium, the e-sport is still not well etablished and there is a lack of professional structure. On the other hand, the emergence of e-sport allowed the creation of new professional carreers directely related to the entertainment. The profession of streamer became a reality. Those streamers enjoy new revenue flows such as donations from their fans. They can operate independently or inside a WebTV.