Future of e-Sports in IT Society

－Survey for Japanese and French Students－

Abstract

This paper discuss the future possibilities and issues of the e-Sports’ diffusion, referring the result of survey which was conducted in Japan and France. The e-Sports is a competition that utilizes electronic media and has the both characteristics as a game and sports. It is popular in North America, Europe and Korea. It is said that a professional team was organized, though people’s attention is very low in Japan comparing with other countries such as France. Based upon the result of survey, it seems that the attitude to the game and sports may be different between Japan and France. However, Olympic and Paralympic may be contributing to the diffusion of e-Sports in future if it’s adopted as an official game. Keyword