What's What! Video Game Facts (56/365)

The video game competitions have become a really popular events and with greater popularity the earnings are bigger as well, because more money flows in it, many brands in electronics and video game companies want a piece of the cake, so sponsorships are bigger.

So according to the data gathered by Esportsearnings about Esports countrys, who won the most prize money, based on information published on the internet. Sources include news articles, forum posts, live report threads, interviews, official statements, reliable databases, VODs and other publicly-accessible. with a total prize money US$ 113,234,148.04 distributed within total tournaments of 3918 worldwide where they were counted a total active players of 17062, China manages is 2017 to lead the table once again.

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Another curious thing that of the first 10 places in the table 5 positions are filled by European countries, and although the US has more players, it fails to obtain the first position, by the way according to the data the median earnings/player was a really nice amount of $378.10, much higher than the $53 average salary that a professional received in Venezuela in 2017.