Sports are a massive phenomena, to say the least, and esports definitely seems to want to try to become similar, but so far…I think it may be fair to say it’s struggling at that, outside of maybe some specific games and countries (…Is StarCraft still a thing in South Korea?).
Do you think that might eventually change, and if so what might contribute to it being alongside regular sports in terms of conversations & attention?
Exactly. Even if people don’t play the sport they have tried to run/jump/catch/throw something so have context into what is difficult or not. It’s basically universal. eSports that context is different for almost every game.