Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Esports in Ukraine started significantly latter than in other progress countries, therefore in present times, Ukrainian egamers are face to face with specific problems of the esports accelerating development in the country. The research aims to study problems of developing esports in Ukraine. In professional esports teams, players receive a salary. Now monthly salary is a thousand dollars. That's what on gets consistently. In addition, there is prize money, of which he receives 80-85%, and the rest the player gives to the employer. It depends on the number of tournaments and prize pools, but there were times when they received an additional one and a half thousand dollars. On average, it is about $500. In total, in 2023, Ukraine turned out to be the main esports location in Eastern Europe and hosted 31 Dota 2 tournaments - almost half of all competitions held in the discipline. 20 of them were organized by the largest esports platform in Ukraine ESportsBattle, which offered $120 thousand prize money and generated 1.2 million hours of broadcast views.
Authors: Zanevskyy Ihor, Paskiv Volodymyr
Institution: Lviv State University of Physical Culture
Language: English
Topic: Digital Games and Media
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404283111