10 Gaming Predictions For The Rest Of 2016
6. ESports Goes Mainstream
The Prediction: The fast-growing eSports scene will continue its path to becoming a mainstream, legitimate sporting competition as global revenues increase and as such more traditional sporting outlets like ESPN ramp up their support with more extensive coverage of competitions, while mainstream bookies also start taking bets on eSports tournaments.
Why It Will Happen: There's absolutely no way that eSports' growth is going to slow down over the next six months, and the sports industry as a whole won't want to miss out on getting a slice of the pie, especially as gaming as sport is no longer in the dungeon it once was.
Why It Might Not: Maybe not all mainstream sporting companies will be quite latched onto it by the end of the year, but it's their loss, and they'll come around soon enough.