After Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, the provision of 100 million US dollars to finance the prize money for the upcoming first season of the official Fortnite competitions has announcedthere is little doubt that 2018 will be another record year in terms of eSports prize money.
In 2017, the total prize money worldwide amounted to EEDAR 121 million US dollars - a sum that does not include a single dollar from Fortnite, currently the world's most popular online game.
As the following chart illustrates, eSports prize money has now reached new records for seven years in a row, and there is no end in sight to the upward trend. Since Millions of viewers professional tournaments, the eSports market is likely to continue to flourish in the coming years.
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