Esports on Mobile is growing rapidly in Southeast Asia, surpassing popular PC games

If you are a longtime gamer, you can see that the market Southeast Asia Currently extremely popular games Esports on mobile platform. Not to mention, it can be said that 4 games are receiving enthusiastic love from gamers, including Free Fire, Arena of valor, PUBG Mobile and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB). In fact, it is also proven that each year, the tournaments of these games can bring in tens of millions of viewers.

And according to many professional reviews, this number is completely superior to other games Esports above PCof course this is only for the region Southeast Asia from many different perspectives. In an interview with Esports Insider, Lucas Mao – CEO of Moonton Games also emphasized that: “Southeast Asia is definitely a region dedicated to mobile Esports. Here, PC games and Esports proved to be more difficult to develop than other regions around the world.”

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Although there is a late birth, we can also see that the games Esports onn mobile phones are having a great development, fully capable of competing with PC platforms in the Southeast Asian market. Even Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq once said that holding Esports tournaments on mobile phones can promote the development of the country in many ways.

Some opinions of the gaming community also believe that the reason for this incident is partly related to the spending and income levels of the majority of young people in Southeast Asia. In addition, young people are finding that entertainment on the phone is more advantageous than playing games on the PC platform.

Of course, when game publishers realized the potential from this market, they quickly worked to create an Esports ecosystem for Southeast Asia itself, making a complete difference compared to other games. other regions of the world. CEO of RSSG – Mr. Jayf Osh once emphasized to the press that:

“The difference between Southeast Asia and countries in the West comes from the higher requirements for indigenous development. That means to develop, games need to go in a direction that suits a country’s culture.” .

In the current context, when mobile games are becoming more and more popular in Southeast Asian countries, the CEO of Moonton Games also has the intention of testing in other regions outside Southeast Asia. . Not only Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, but similar mobile games are also said to have the ability to create a separate Esports ecosystem on mobile platforms in these regions. Games that can be mentioned include League of Legends: Wild Rift, PUBG Mobile or even Clash of Clans.

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Despite being a strong growing market, many developers still “underplay” the potential of this market for mobile games. It may not have achieved the breakthrough success of the Western market, but the development of Esports in the Southeast Asian market can create strong breakthroughs that many people cannot expect.