‘Yay’ for esports career


Game on: College students battling it out during an esports tournament. — Filepic

WHILE open to their children or themselves becoming professional esports players, Malaysians are concerned that the profession lacks a clear career path.

In a recent poll conducted among 518 Malaysians who have heard of esports, a whopping 69.1% indicated that they were open to a career in esports and were also agreeable to their children becoming professional esports players, UCSI Poll Research Centre said in a press release on Jan 11.

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