Suara.com – The rapid development of the field of creative industries sports in the world, including in Indonesia, in recent years experienced a positive trend and continues to climb. According to Newzoo data in 2019, smartphone users in Indonesia have reached more than 82 million and more than 52 million players game mobile.
This puts Indonesia ranked 17th in the world as the most mobile game user and contributed 624 million US dollars or the equivalent of Rp. 8.7 trillion for mobile gaming throughout 2019.
Until now, the development of the eSports Industry has provided many benefits for many people. This industry has opened up a lot of new jobs in the creative sector which have significant economic benefits for Indonesia.
Not only earning an income from being an athlete in this industry, but one can act as an organizer, shoutcaster, content creator, and various other professions according to their respective talents in eSports competitions that are held at home.
One example of the industry in the eSports field is the Mobile Game game, PUBG Mobile, the most popular battle royale game in the world and also in Indonesia, has delivered many career opportunities in the eSports industry.
Although currently many eSport offline events have been stopped because of the Corona pandemic (COVID-19), it does not discourage PUBG Mobile activities to continue to hold online events on a world scale, such as PUBG Mobile Pro League Season 1 and most recently, PUBG Indonesia’s Mobile National Championship (PINC) 2020, which is predicted to be the most popular national eSport tournament this year, recorded more than 51,000 participants from all over Indonesia have registered to take part in the PINC 2020 event.
With the industry trends in the eSports field, especially PUBG Mobile, which continues to climb and develop and then add great interest from young people, making various kinds of parties competing to hold PUBG Mobile competitions in Indonesia, starting from government agencies that aim to explore creativity and develop the potential of young people, to the private sector, who are interested in increasing the value of selling their brand in the eyes of young people.
For example, in the near future, the government through the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in collaboration with GGWP, will hold a PUBG Mobile competition titled Baparekraf Game Prime 2020 in August, and offer a total prize pool of up to Rp 1 billion.
As if not to be outdone by the government, the private sector is competing to hold this PUBG Mobile competition. Within the next 3 months, there will be competitions held by private parties, including the Gopay Arena Championship, which is now taking place with a total prize pool of IDR 2.2 billion, IES Smartfren Indonesia Championship with a total prize pool of IDR 500 million, Nusantara Battleground with a total prize pool of IDR 40 million, Esports Superstars Battle with a total prize pool of IDR 250 million and ROG Mabro with a total prize pool of IDR 20 million.
“The e-Sports industry in the future will be able to become a new economic pillar that must be jointly developed by all parties. We would like to thank both the government and private parties who have supported the eSports industry in Indonesia, by holding various eSport tournaments, especially those using the PUBG Mobile platform. This industry has a good career, because it is able to bring in considerable income. and should be supported by all groups, “said Head of PUBG MOBILE eSports for Southeast Asia, Gaga Li in her statement on Tuesday (07/07/2020).
With the great interest of young people and the ecosystem formed by various competitions and activities in the eSports industry, the PUBG Mobile hopes that the government can continue to support this ecosystem so that more eSports athletes will be born for the future and the jobs of this creative industry are also getting wider.
“For information about this event, visit PUBG Mobile Indonesia’s official social media on Instagram @pubgmobile_id, Facebook PUBG MOBILE, and Twitter @ PUBGMOBILE_ID,” concluded Gaga Li.
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