Esports industry will reset post BGMI issue, says Rooter founder Piyush Kumar

esports industry will once again have to reset following the recent ban on Battlegrounds Mobile India ( BGMI ), the most popular mobile game in the country, said Piyush Kumar , founder and chief executive of Rooter , one of India's leading game streaming platforms. A few tournaments, including the second season of the Esports Premier League, have been postponed indefinitely after the government banned BGMI last month. A lot of esports activities were centred on the game, which was launched after the earlier ban on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). "A lot of tournaments and platforms focused only on BGMI," Kumar said. "So, everybody who was centred on BGMI will have to rework, but gaming is here to stay. Gamers will move on to other games quickly, which we learned after the government banned PUBG … If you ask me, we aren't worried as only 30-35% streams on Rooter are of BGMI. We wish it didn't happen, but now that it has, we hope it comes back." Last month, the government asked both Google and Apple to remove BGMI from their app stores, without releasing any official statement as to why the game was banned in India. Talking about Rooter, which… Read full this story

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