YouTube\u2019s head of gaming makes bold prediction about esports YouTube\u2019s head of gaming, Ryan \u2018Fwiz\u2019 Wyatt, made a predictive statement about the future of competitive gaming in an interview with OpTic CEO Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez. Fwiz discussed the growth rate of esports as compared to gaming overall, and felt that esports would eventually surpass viewership of traditional sports. Read More: Laid-off Telltale Games employee reveals shocking situation following termination meeting – \u201cI think over the next ten years, esports is gonna be massive,\u201d he stated. \u201cI think the next generation of kids are going to primarily watch esports over traditional sports.\u201d He felt that esports\u2019 current growth, which is slim compared to gaming overall, would only last for the \u2018short-term,\u2019 and was interested in investing in it for the long-haul. \u201cI\u2019m hopeful, and I\u2019m big on esports long-term.\u201d However, Fwiz felt that esports had a few things to work on before it could reach the growth he predicted. He felt that esports could benefit from turning top players into celebrities, as well as making wide appeals to the general gaming audience. \u201cI think, in order for people to be really interested in tuning into the live broadcasts, the human-interest pieces \u2013 making celebrities out of esports \u2013 is a really big thing,\u201d he stated. \u201c\u2026we basically need, like, ten more Ninjas.\u201d H3CZ agreed with this sentiment, citing the success of both Nadeshot and OpTic Gaming\u2019s players after they began creating content outside of their esports careers. Fwiz\u2019s statements were part of the very first Eavesdrop Podcast, hosted by H3CZ. The podcast will also feature Treyarch\u2019s David Vonderhaar in its second episode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YouTube\u2019s head of gaming makes bold prediction about esports YouTube\u2019s head of gaming, Ryan \u2018Fwiz\u2019 Wyatt, made a predictive statement about the future of competitive gaming in an interview with OpTic CEO Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez. Fwiz discussed the growth rate of esports as compared to gaming overall, and felt that esports would eventually surpass viewership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}