Making it in SA’s gaming development industry
one of the biggest and most pressing questions in the room at the second instalment of the Business of Gaming Forum, which takes place during the annual Comic Con Africa, was pinning down just how much revenue the local gaming industry is generating – and how much was being made from eSports, or competitive video gaming.
There is no denying that the gaming industry, and eSports in particular, has mushroomed over the years. According to PwC’s latest entertainment and media outlook, SA’s video games market is on a strong growth trajectory, generating total revenue of more than R3bn in 2017, and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of
