According to a survey in Singapore in 2020, around 32.6 percent of respondents stated that they would quit their jobs if they could support themselves as a professional video game player. The prize money from gaming tournaments keeps rising and educational institutions have started to offer classes in gaming. It is not uncommon therefore that there are more people considering video gaming as a possible professional career nowadays.
Share of gamers who would quit their jobs to become a professional video gamer in Singapore as of January 2020
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Limelight Networks. (January 21, 2020). Share of gamers who would quit their jobs to become a professional video gamer in Singapore as of January 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 08, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031446/singapore-gamers-who-would-like-to-become-professional/
Limelight Networks. "Share of gamers who would quit their jobs to become a professional video gamer in Singapore as of January 2020." Chart. January 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031446/singapore-gamers-who-would-like-to-become-professional/
Limelight Networks. (2020). Share of gamers who would quit their jobs to become a professional video gamer in Singapore as of January 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031446/singapore-gamers-who-would-like-to-become-professional/
Limelight Networks. "Share of Gamers Who Would Quit Their Jobs to Become a Professional Video Gamer in Singapore as of January 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031446/singapore-gamers-who-would-like-to-become-professional/
Limelight Networks, Share of gamers who would quit their jobs to become a professional video gamer in Singapore as of January 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031446/singapore-gamers-who-would-like-to-become-professional/ (last visited August 08, 2022)
