What is the difference between e-sports and games?

E-sports is now more and more recognized by everyone, and has developed into a global international event, and has officially joined one of the events of the Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou next year. When it comes to e-sports, many people's first impression is playing games. So playing e-sports is playing games? What is the difference between e-sports and games? Let's have a look.

Is playing e-sports a game?

E-sports and online games are two different concepts, which are very different in nature, methods and projects.

Therefore, "e-sports is different from playing games." E-sports, like traditional competitive sports, have high requirements for players' talent, physical fitness and physical reaction, and require professional and high-intensity training. In addition, professional e-sports usually has the characteristics of high elimination rate, short career cycle and younger players-according to media statistics, the average career of e-sports players is only 2.6 years, almost a quarter of the traditional sports industry.

What is the difference between e-sports and games?

In the eyes of professional players, e-sports will not lead to addiction, because it is a job that requires long-term hard training and teamwork. E-sports needs a strong sense of responsibility and self-discipline, and teenagers addicted to games just lack these two points.

Moreover, e-sports professionals need not only talent and love, but also blood and sweat. High-intensity confrontation and long-term training have caused many players to have different degrees of injuries, but they are still struggling in training and competition and are not injured in the line of fire.

E-sports is not the same as playing games, nor does it advocate games. E-sports has become a profession, similar to non-video game competitions such as chess. China's State Sports General Administration has long listed e-sports as a formal sports event. At the end of last year, e-sports became the official event of the Asian Games and will participate in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

The above is an introduction to the difference between playing e-sports and playing games. I hope it will help everyone.