About this Research Topic
This special issue aims to collect studies and manuscripts that highlight the present challenges that the esports ecosystem is facing regarding its sustainability by addressing the diverse sources of the problems, the various hindering factors, and potential innovative ways to overcome and solve them. This would further help to better understand the current state of the esports ecosystem and how it could improve. Also, the variety of perspectives could yield insightful ideas and concepts (e. g. business models, keeping the audience engaged, increasing resilience and motivating e-athletes, management opportunities, etc.) which could nourish the esports ecosystem to become more sustainable.
The main theme, and topic this special issue addresses is the phenomenon of esports winter and all factors related to it (from playing and following esports to esports business models and team management). The way of creating a more sustainable esports ecosystem provides a ground for interdisciplinary research, not just for management, marketing, and economics perspectives, but also for the sociological, pedagogical, and psychological background of these challenges along with media, history, and culture related to esports. This variety of perspectives and different approaches could lead to a better understanding of the current challenges of the esports ecosystem and innovative ideas on how to overcome these difficulties moving forward.
Keywords: eSports, e-athletes, eSports Winter, Video Games, Sustainability
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