In recent years, South Asia has positioned itself as one of the bigger mobile gaming markets. The now-banned PUBG Mobile helped usher in a new era of gaming and esports culture in the region.
Given the country’s majority-young population and existing socio-economic conditions, smartphone penetration and internet users are on the rise. There is little to indicate slowdown in the mobile gaming sector, with hyper-casual platforms thriving during the pandemic and esports titles like Free Fire and Call of Duty: Mobile on an upward trajectory.
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India’s shift from PC to mobile esports
In 2018 and 2019, stakeholders in India were still working primarily with PC esports.