If before such type of profession did not exist at all, eventually in the narrow circles needed so-called “video game tutors”.

The greatest demand for such tutors was for amateur players who wanted to go to professional cyber sport. But now parents hire professional players to teach their child all the nuances of a particular game.

WSJ explores the effect of the phenomenon on the example of the game Fortnite. One of the sites for freelancers Bidvine claims that since the beginning of March, they hired around 1,400 mentors for this game. And their salary can not be called low.

The mother, who hired a video game tutor for her son, commented this: “Now you need not just play, you need to play cool. You can imagine how he was in school. “

Newszoo experts estimate the capacity of the video game market by the end of the year at $ 138 billion – an increase compared to last year by 13.3%. And this is just the beginning, they say.