Pro Esports Insights
Welcome to the GameSync Consulting Blog! Explore expert insights, practical guides, industry trends, and news focused on the esports gaming industry. We also cover building, operating, and growing successful esports centers and gaming venues. Our news is relevant to current or potential owners/operators, event organizers, gamers and enthusiasts. Stay ahead in the competitive esports landscape!
Decoding Game Licensing for Your Esports Center: Smart Budgeting for PC & Consoles
Opening an esports center is an exciting venture, but navigating the world of game licensing can feel like a daunting boss battle. How much should you budget? Are licenses one-off or monthly? Do you need a special "commercial" license for every game on every PC?...
The Ultimate Esports Center Software Comparison: CCboot & iCafeCloud vs. ggLeap vs. Senet
Running a successful esports center requires more than just high-end gaming PCs. Choosing the right operational software – the central nervous system managing billing, games, security, and more – is critical. This comprehensive esports center software comparison...
Level Up With A Youth Esports League: Announcing Our Strategic Partnership with the Amateur Esports Association (AEA)
We are thrilled to announce our official strategic partnership with the Amateur Esports Association (AEA), the premier non-profit youth esports league in the United States!
CS2 LAN Server Setup: Host Your Own Party (Windows Guide)
Remember the good old days? Hauling your PC over to a friend’s house, hooking up to a tangled mess of network cables, and battling it out pixel-to-pixel in Counter-Strike? LAN parties are still awesome, and with Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), the tradition continues. For both consumer gaming enthusiasts, and esports center owners wanting to offer a unique gaming experience at their brick-and-mortar retail locations, having on-premise CS2 LAN availability is a great move, given the popularity of this title.
The Landscape of Opportunity: Opening an Esports Center in the USA in 2025
The United States esports market is not just growing; it’s surging, presenting a golden opportunity for entrepreneurs looking to tap into a dynamic and expanding industry. This report delves into the compelling viability of launching an esports center in the USA in 2025. Our analysis reveals a market ripe with potential, boasting significant projected revenue growth and a burgeoning audience eager for immersive esports experiences.
Best Esports Center Locations: The Complete Guide
One of the most commonly asked questions we receive is where to open your esports center. The good news is that in 2025, brick-and-mortar retail still dominates, with approximately 83% of U.S. retail sales occurring in physical stores, carrying over from the previous year. For esports centers, the right location can mean the difference between thriving as a community hub or struggling to attract players. But how do you balance visibility, accessibility, and cost while targeting a tech-savvy, 8–34-year-old audience?
Agragati Featured in San Diego Business Journal
GameSync was contacted by the San Diego Business Journal, a well known weekly publication specifically targeting items of interest to the local business community in our city. Our founder, Mr. Agragati Siegel, and one of our advisory board members met with them, and, for over two hours, spoke about the gaming scene, the trends in the industry, and the future of esports.
Inside the Evolution of Esports Centers: An In-Depth Conversation with Agragati Siegel
In the dynamic world of esports, few have witnessed its evolution as closely as Agragati Siegel, founder and CEO of GameSync. In a recent interview on “Wide World of Esports,” host Catherine Noor sat down with Agragati to discuss the origins of GameSync, the challenges and opportunities of running an esports center, and the exciting future of the industry.
Esports is Coming to the Olympics
In an era where global gaming has skyrocketed to new heights, the intersection between traditional sports and esports is becoming impossible to ignore. This latest quote dropped a bombshell on the industry:
Esports Centers in Casinos: A Winning Combination
Esports and casinos may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but in recent years, they have increasingly converged to create a mutually beneficial relationship.
Top 7 Benefits of a Gaming Center for Aspiring Esports Teams
Esports teams of all types, including amateur, collegiate, semi-pro, and pro, have embraced the trend of recent years of practicing and competing in gaming centers. The question is, why?
Opening an Esports Center: The Basics
Over the last decade, we’ve received numerous inquiries as to the basics of starting an esports gaming center. Here are a few of the topical areas that you’ll want to pay attention to in the early stages of your business development.
7 Income Generating Ideas for Esports Centers
The financial benefits of opening an esports center are numerous. Here are several different business models that an esports gaming facility can employ to increase business and generate income.
Video Game Types Explained
Video games have come a long way since their humble beginnings in the 1950s. From simple, text-based games to immersive, virtual reality experiences, the gaming industry has exploded in popularity and innovation. With so many different types of video games available, it can be difficult to keep track of them all. In this article, we’ll be exploring…
Top 9 Ways to Achieve Business Growth and Increased Profitability With Social Media
The primary business goal of owning and operating a physical esports gaming center location is to drive traffic to your store. Here are 10 ways to optimize your social presence online in order to achieve business growth and increased profitability for your gaming center:
How to Grow Your Discord Server
Quite often we receive the question as to how to build a new Discord server. Once your Discord server is set up and configured according to how you want to organize it, the next challenge becomes how to grow the member base. Here are ten things you can do to boost your Discord traffic, membership and engagement:
The Benefits of Esports in the Development of STEM Skills
Is it possible to build your STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills through esports? Can gaming and esports finally be considered worthwhile pursuits, and does it contribute to the development of our character and skills?
The Viability and Growth of LAN Gaming Centers in Esports
With the esports industry growing at such a phenomenal pace and with a high level of user interactions within esports, big companies such as Alibaba are not afraid to invest heavily With the esports industry growing at such a phenomenal pace and…
The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Help Mainstream Esports Acceptance
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has had a massive impact on live events, including esports tournaments. Several events now stand canceled or have moved online to adhere to government guidelines of social distancing…
How Will Cloud Gaming Affect LAN Gaming Centers in the Future?
What is Google Stadia? Google Stadia is a Cloud Gaming service capable of streaming video games in 4K resolution at 60 frames per second. It has the support of high-dynamic-range video which uses the company’s numerous data centers…
Esports and Cryptocurrency
Esports is one of the fastest growing industries in the market today. However, despite the opportunities for growth, there are still a few monopolies in the esports market. Twitch exerts a monopoly on the esports live streaming segment…
Esports Making Dollars (and Sense) for the Biggest Developers
Over 43 million individual viewers watched the League of Legends world-championship last year. That is about as much as a quarter of the American viewers that watched Super Bowl 51; a spectacle fifty-years in the making, and perhaps the most-watched…
Game Distribution – Physical or Digital?
Is digital game distribution taking over buying traditional hard copies? Downloading is easy. I can open iTunes and download a movie, install a game from Steam, or buy the Halo 4 soundtrack (I still prefer Martin O’Donnell, but Neil…
Tax Tips for Esports Center Owners & Event Organizers
Our consulting business has received various questions over the years regarding how to deal with business setup, tax preparation and filing. We’ve learned through our own experiences…
How to Invest in the Video Gaming Industry: A Simple Guide
Let me first start by saying, this is my opinion. Do not go and buy or sell based off of anything that is written and said in this article. These are my personal opinions and my quick checks to see if investing in video games through the market…
Esports: The Athlete’s Next Step
There is a rush that you get as a player before a game. Playing semi-professional soccer was the highest point I reached after college, but knowing I would be playing against ex-professionals and other ex-college players still created a buzz inside…
How TF2 Can Become a Successful Esport
Team Fortress 2 was released in 2007 as part of the Orange Box. TF2 became the model by which future team-based, class-based, first person shooters were released. The game is centered around team objectives like capture the flag, payload…
The Action Against Loot Boxes Is a Wake up Call for the Industry
The esports industry has grown exponentially over the past few years. The future projections show an increasingly profitable industry with higher revenues, visibility and player base. However, as we move further into the next phase of esports…
Twitch Reaches New Concurrent Viewers Record on VALORANT Beta Launch
Riot Games’ Valorant is the latest FPS game to hit the market. On Day 1 of its beta launch, the game broke new records on Twitch.
Valorant helped Twitch surpass its previous one-day concurrent viewership of 3.99 million viewers set in August 2018…
Nevada Gaming Commission Approves Wagers on a few Esports Titles
The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved sportsbooks to offer wagers on certain esports events. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a grinding halt to all physical sporting activities leading to sportsbooks struggling to stay…