Let’s go back in time and see what they thought.

The current state of gaming has changed significantly since then.

This was one of those predictions that gamers got right.

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Yet many eSports fans don’t really accept mobile gamers as being “real” gamers.

Unfortunately, gamers missed the mark on this one.

Unfortunately, companies seemed to have gone in completely the opposite direction.

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No one could have predicted that back in 2019.

They also predicted that eSports would be more recognized as a ‘real’ sport.

Unfortunately, neither of these two things happened.

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A few have tried to introduce spiritual successors likeOverwatch 2, but with limited adoption.

Celebrities shifted from being those who could win world titles to those who made fun content online.

What Should Gamers Expect In The Next 5 Years?

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The entire eSports landscape could have changed by then.

Games might have shifted rotation.

We might have gotten aDota 3or still be playing Dota 2 on the same engine.

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By then, we might have hadour first Olympics eSports event!

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