Esports/Streaming
https://www.toptal.com/finance/market-research-analysts/esports by Josh Chapman
Esports are a booming industry as the view numbers for each of these games continue to rise, with 43 million people watching the Worlds finale of League of legends back in 2016, this is 12 million more viewers than the NBA finals in the same year. Esports and streaming transform online gaming into a spectator sport. While esports do include traditional style games like FIFA, they also include non-traditional games like DOTA 2, league of legends and Counter Strike.
Diversity in Video Games
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42357678 by Rahil Sheikh
The article talks about the diversity in the gaming industry and asks 4 people in the industry how they feel about diversity in game characters and the actual industry it self. Some of them say that diversity in the industry could be done much better, with the inclusion of more ethnic characters and more people of other cultures should be in the industry. while others asked said that the industry is diverse enough and that if it is forced too much it will come across disrespectful, while also believe more diverse content is always welcomed.
Social Media
The article talks about how Youtube has affected the gaming industry and takes a look into the type of content that appears on the platform. the writer takes a look at three individual youtubers called Mark Brown, GameXplain and Zeltik. Zeltik is entirely focused on The Legend Of Zelda series of games, GameXplain is an video game review channel and also dives into theories and analysis of games but mostly nintendo games. Mark Brown focuses on the mechanics and artistry of a game instead. Youtube has been a big influence on what is the current biggest game, in the past it was games like Minecraft, Halo and Call of Duty. but recently it has shifted towards battle royale games like fortnite and pubg which also dominate the platform called Twitch.
Influences in the Gaming Industry 