The 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 2019) for esports was officially opened yesterday. Due to overwhelming requests from fans to view the SEA Games remotely, Razer (official esports partner for the SEA Games) made the esports event available online via live streams for real time results.
In addition to being recognised and acknowledged by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the high demand for the esports in the region was apparent in the streaming viewership. Razer observed close to 2 million views on the first day of the games. This includes approximately 70,000 concurrent views.
Online streaming platforms included Facebook, YouTube and Twitch. Razer predicts an overall view of over 100 million upon the official closure of the games.
The SEA Games is an eleven-country international sporting event sanctioned by the IOC, and the first to include esports as a medaled competitive discipline. The event features the following gaming titles: Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Arena of Valor, Dota 2, Starcraft II, Tekken 7 and Hearthstone. Athletes will battle it out to achieve the first gold medal for each discipline.
The good news? Those who will gonna watch it live will be free on entrance. No need on those tickets. Catch the e-sports stage of 2019 SEA Games happening right now until December 10 2019 in Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City
