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It’s been almost 8 months since millions of fans are away from the Kraftons Battle royale game as the pre-registrations and announcement of Battlegrounds Mobile India have fans who are away from the game since ban but on the other side the esports fan community is a bit disappointed Krafton kept it’s esporting plans under India’s expect for the fact that there could be India exclusive events at the release day. Although there may be the same good news for the Battle Royale game’s esports fan community.

The IGN India report says that developers Krafton will reveal its Battleground Mobile India tournaments and it’s esports plans likely around the time of the games launch IGN report also noted that Krafton has been reaching out a to the country’s teams to coordinate details preparing for the rumored and separated launch of battleground Mobile India next months.

Hindi Has Always Been An Popular Language During PUBG Mobile Tournaments

The day when Battlegrounds Mobile India was introduced ,the developers stated that they would develop a dedicated Indian Esports ecosystem consisting of and leagues for the pace now to be ready with their plans to reveal them along with the game’s upcoming release.

Battlegrounds Mobile India is key for success as an Esports Title in India:-

Players unknown Battlegrounds Mobile PUBG Mobile before it’s nationwide ban in September last year was the most popular esports title in India .PUBG mobile did really well on a global level ,gaming a total watch time of 21.3 million and 28.9 million in July and August respectively. Although these numbers dipped sharply from September 2020 to November 2020.

PUBG Mobile 2020: Total Hours Watched Per Month

Viewers from India were a large portion of PUBG Mobiles viewership. Before the ban the Hindi viewership for PMWL 2020: East peaked at 449k viewers. As the PUBG Mobile ban did affect the viewership metrics by a lot, a magnificent chunk of indian viewers still tuned in to watch PUBG Mobile tournaments and leagues.

Viewership for PUBG Mobile Tournaments

PMGC 2020 Exhausted PUBG Mobile viewership records earlier last year by registering a peak viewership of 3.8 million viewers. This huge milestone was achieved despite teams from India last competing in it, The Hindi broadcast of PMGC 2020 peaked at 100.6k viewers which is an outstanding number for a region where the game itself had been banned nationwide.

Viewership Distribution for PMGC 2020

Number of PUBG Mobile tournaments after the ban have kept running streamers in Hindi and have attracted a healthy viewership which would encourage Krafton to come forward and set up a proper Indian esports ecosystem for Battlegrounds Mobile India right from the get go.

It would be interesting to see how the Esports Scene of Battlegrounds Mobile India is going to be received once it releases. The organizers from India and their teams are already excited about the arrival of the mobile Battle Royale title and what stuff it will be bringing along with it. Number of PUBG Mobile teams since the ban have been dissolved and users have either turned into content creators, Streamers or are simply turned towards alternative Esports titles like Valorant or Free Fire.

Presently, Indian teams participation in events such as the PUBG Mobile Global Championship remains uncertain.  Also, Battlegrounds Mobile India and PUBG Mobile may benefit from clear boundaries between their Esports scenes, By allowing them to operate Free of Government interference. Also, Two different Esports scenarios that do not cross-pollination would remarkably reduce view interest. This stuff would definitely affect viewership numbers of either title, Which would lead to less money at that point.

The Right way to fulfill both sides would be to make India the destination for Battlegrounds Mobile tournaments fairly than feed into PUBG Mobile tournaments fairly than feed into PUBG Mobile tournaments abroad. There is precedent for it since a similar model was adopted for the Peacekeeper Elite Championship held in China.

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