A Preliminary Study of Taiwan's e-Sports Industry - A Case study of Taiwan e-Sports League (TeSL)

• Main Authors: Jay Tsai, 蔡傑
• Other Authors: Chih-Kai Chen, Ph. D.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06346729311403058064

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 社會與區域發展學系碩士班 === 99 === The purpose of this study is to explore the of domestic and foreign countries’ development of e-sports industry. We do case study of Taiwan e-Sports League(TeSL) and analyze the prospect of Taiwan’s e-sports industry. The research method adopted in this study is qualitative. We analyze the domestic and foreign countries’ e-sports contests performance and organization structure. Further, we compare all aspects of Taiwan e-Sports League with other Leagues. This study finds that Korea has the most prosperous and stable development of e-sport industry. The critical factors for sustainable growth of e-sport industry include support of government, patronage of enterprise, and persistent concern of medium. The development of Taiwan e-Sports League experiences cost down period and now adopts differentiated strategy. It now pursues its new development way and hope this will bea way to success. By case study of Taiwan e-Sports League and development experience of domestic and foreign countries’ e-sport league, we get strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat of current Taiwan e-Sports League. We hope this will help government and enterprise to evaluate and support further development of Taiwan’s e-Sports.