Persepsi Penggiat Esports Terhadap Perkembangan Esports Dan Peluang Ekonominya; Studi Di Kota Medan

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine, describe, and analyze the perceptions of esports activists regarding the development of esports and its economic opportunities in Medan City. This type of research is qualitative descriptive research, namely the researcher conducts research by obtaining data through field facts. The data collection methods used were through data reduction, distributing questionnaires, and interviews with a number of game players from the gaming community, professional game athletes, game content creators, and a number of experts from the esports organization, the Medan City branch of the Indonesian Esports Executive Board (PBESI). The results of the research show that the perception of esports activists shows that esports is developing in the city of Medan, namely that there are more gaming communities, more esports tournaments, more game creator content, and the government has also established the PBESI organization as an esports forum. Esports has great economic opportunities, namely as an industry that is attracted by local and foreign sponsors, and provides employment opportunities so that it can encourage the growth of the creative economy, so that it can become a potential industry. With the current development of esports, it can have a positive impact on the economy, namely as a provider of job opportunities, attracting the attention of investors, competition in creating games, and the creation of new businesses. There are also negative impacts from esports, namely health which will be disturbed when playing games without knowing the time, and game players' finances are increasingly being spent on purchasing internet packages, game vouchers and other gaming equipment.