I don't think it's terribly far fetched. I know a few friends who don't work in their 20s and basically stay home and play video games
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I think there is a difference between choosing not to work to play games and not working and playing games.
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Myself for instance. Didn't drop out of college so I could play games. I dropped out because I didn't know what I wanted to do.
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Tomorrow is my last day at my job not so I can go home and play video games all day. It's because I'm not happy where I'm at.
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Do I want to make a living in the video game industry? Absolutely. But I'm not going to sit at home playing games hoping for it to happen
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Sports has a much higher barrier to entry than video games, so while it happens, I would bet video games happens far far more often.
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That argument needs data behind it. You can spin it 100 ways w "I think x." Ex: soccer is more popular than gaming and costs less than a rig
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So you think barrier to entry to being a professional gamer is just as difficult as making a Major League Soccer team?
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The comparison should be a professional athlete vs professional gamer not a specific sport. I do not have the answer for that.
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For me specifically I probably had a better chance at becoming a professional athlete.
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