The Millionaire: ProFun into A ProFession

The world stuck by thunder and everything stood still. During this pandemic situation people started to realize the worth of their life and the precious time they hold. This made everyone to value their loved ones and they utilize their time worthwhile. Among them, the gamer’s started to think productively and the perspectives have been changed about How to earn money! Have you ever heard about the word streamers? Well, no sweat, you're gonna be Insinuated.

Gaming started to bloom around the world in the late 2000’s. Children used to play video games by using the various electronic console-like brick game, video games using the game chip. As an up-gradation, play station reached the gaming market for the graphics and the gameplay. The experience was immeasurable when compared with previous gaming. When the play station was donning the gaming market, PC games came with a price tag, that is far more affordable even an individual can afford it. When the time, owning a laptops/desktops became so common, PC gaming experience and interests among them rose most fondly. This made Companies invest on more developers, graphic designers, and planners to create a different genres of PC gaming game.

Since the laptops became so compact and made for our such ease of comfort, the world saw an even more comfort which can be held in your palms, named Smartphones. Smartphone games made every people to find a craze on different types of games and they all became a fan for gaming. The evolution in gaming, created a gaming community and made everyone connected globally. And by the time, with the help of the global surfing, the infamous Streamers found their spotlight around the world.

Streamers are people who used to broadcast their game play in real-time on the various social platforms (you tube,twitch) for the living. Initially, streamers use to stream their live gameplay to showcase their passion and skill towards gaming. This made them famous among the gaming community and Some of many few donated them as a token of gratitude. The corporates and developers made the streamers as a business platform. They started to build their own internal team and they followed the same principle.

Moving a step further, they started a gaming-con where they can show their attribute and get their own investors. To conduct events where they can showcase their game and get the game reviews for by investing a small amount of money. Initially this idea was to market the games but this made them to gain more profits and they get carried away and more sponsors came to the play. There are some companies which pays their employees for nothing but to play games. Some of them are cloud9, Lyra, Mevoked, Alma, Soma Sketch, Quartet, Empower Interactive, LifeWIRE, Tridiuum, AbleTo and Mindoula. They hire these streamers under a contract and build their own representing team to participate in various contest. These contest and events come up with a huge winning price. The hiring companies also provide a defined percentage to their team.

According to statistics, there were about 150,000 streamers till June 2018, In June 2019, within a span of one year, it saw a huge rise in streaming that is equivalent to two times of the past.  Experts say that, there will about $9 billion generated by every individual gamer combined, which is nearly equivalent to 1% of the world’s gold treasury.

Trending games like Pubg, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Fortnite are earning about $3 billion by 2020. They  also conducted, massive events around the world, where the winning team goes home with $10000 as a cash price. 

Full-time streaming is also a profession. I would like to say here something “If people wouldn’t have watched movies then it will not be an profession today. Likewise, streaming games is also a profession since the viewership is rising to a peak.

As a gaming fan, I request the people who are addicted to games, do not stream for more than 6 hours a day. The food you intake should be home prepared and take regular breaks by consuming enough water. This keeps your health balance and the love for the game you have will never get tainted. I hereby sincerely thank the streamers for making this quarantine less miserable.