Esports Playbook for Brands
Esports fans around the world include some of the hardest to reach consumers for brands because of their cord-cutting and ad-blocking tendencies. While esports unites them as a fan base, their digital-first mindset is pervasive in their approach to broader entertainment consumption.
No Crystal Ball Required: What Data Tells Us About the Future of Esports
As we analyze key takeaways from Nielsen’s past two years of sponsorship valuation data and research around fan behavior and preferences, it’s evident that esports stakeholders have a lot to look forward to in the coming months.
The Esports Playbook: Maximizing Investment By Understanding the Fans
This study of esports fans in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany provides a deep dive into the esports audience.
Power Up: How Brands are Getting their Game on in Esports
What do energy drinks, luxury automobiles and razors have in common? They’re all products prominently featured in esports tournaments, and they’re among the first non-endemic brand categories to get involved in competitive video gaming sponsorship.
Gaming Gone Global: Keeping Tabs on Worldwide Trends
It’s now 2016, and gaming has firmly moved out of the basement and into the living room–and beyond. In fact, more than half of the population in the world’s industrialized countries now identifies as gamers, which has brought a tidal wave of change across the way many of us spend our free...