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    eSports Overview

    Business Overview | November 2015

    CONFIDENTIAL

    eSports Executive Summary


    Competitive gaming (eSports) is a tremendous market that is poised to
    explode
    Massive opportunity to better monetize $92 billion market with +250 million
    global fans playing +2 billion hours/month(1)

    However, industry is overly fragmented and begs for consolidation


    Lacks cohesive structure and gameplay environment; +47,000 live tournaments
    organized by dozens of parties(2)

    eSports are predominantly viewed on streaming platforms such as Twitch,


    Azubu and YouTube Gaming
    The most widely viewed game is called League of Legends, published by
    Riot Games

    (1)
    (2)

    NewZoo, 2013, 2014 and 2015.


    Battlefly, 2014.

    CONFIDENTIAL

    eSports is a Large, Growing Market


    $92 billion global gaming market expected to grow to over $130 billion by 2020(1)
    Could soon surpass worldwide traditional sports industry, which represents $124 billion
    of revenue generation(2)

    Viewership expanding as well from 260 million viewers in 2015 to an estimated


    579 million by 2020(3)
    Global Gaming Market(1)

    Gaming Viewership Growth(2)


    (mm)

    ($bn)

    Could soon surpass global traditional


    sports, which is at $124 bn of revenues

    $70

    $76

    $84

    $92

    $99

    $107

    $115

    $124

    579

    $134
    482
    402
    260
    134

    (1)
    (2)
    (3)

    171

    299

    335

    206

    NewZoo, May 2015. Extrapolated estimates using CAGR.


    Goldman Sachs, Feb. 2015. Sources: Gamespot, Newzoo, SuperData and eMarketer.
    NewZoo, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

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    But Has a Highly Fragmented Landscape


    Over 47,000 annual gaming tournaments worldwide hosted by many parties
    Average pro gamer salary is inconsistent and not enough to sustain a career(1)
    Equipment /
    Merchandise

    Fans

    Amateur Gaming

    Players/Teams

    Professional
    Gaming

    Publishers

    Sponsors

    Media
    Leagues/ Venues

    (1)

    Superdata, 2015. eSports Market Brief.

    CONFIDENTIAL

    Top Games
    Among the top viewed games in the esports universe, League of Legends dominates the
    leaderboard
    Top Watched Games for May 2015 (By Total Hours Watched)
    Ra
    nk

    Game

    Type

    Publisher

    May Hours
    Watched

    Run-Rate Year
    Hours Watched

    Max Concurrent
    Viewers

    Average
    Channels

    League of Legends

    MOBA

    Riot

    81m

    972m

    605K

    1,420

    Counter Strike: Global Offensive

    1P Shooter

    Valve

    45m

    540m

    308K

    839

    Dota 2

    MOBA

    Valve

    41m

    492m

    276K

    331

    Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

    Card Game

    Blizzard

    33m

    396m

    114K

    233

    Minecraft

    Survival

    Mojang/Sony/MSFT

    10m

    120m

    72K

    581

    FIFA 15

    Sports

    EA

    8m

    96m

    75K

    314

    Destiny

    1P Shooter

    Activision/Sony

    8m

    96m

    188K

    839

    Grand Theft Auto V

    Action

    Rockstar Games

    7m

    84m

    74K

    748

    The Witcher III: Wild Hunt

    Action

    CD Projekt RED

    7m

    84m

    77K

    517

    10

    Starcraft II: Heart of the Storm

    Strategy

    Blizzard

    6m

    72m

    46K

    69

    18

    Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

    1P Shooter

    Activision

    3m

    36m

    18K

    686

    19

    Heroes of the Storm

    MOBA

    Blizzard

    3m

    36m

    32K

    180

    21

    Smite

    MOBA

    Hi-Rez

    3m

    36m

    22K

    123

    40

    NBA2K

    Sports

    2K

    1m

    12m

    15K

    219

    Source: Gameloco. *Monitored platforms: Twitch.tv, Azubu.tv, Gaminglive.tv, Hitbox.tv; Hours Watched: Total number of hours watched across all viewers; Max CCV: Highest number of
    concurrent viewers

    CONFIDENTIAL

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