For example, there is a difference between Video Games and Sports. Engaging in video games, for example, playing “Super Mario Odyssey” or something related to PvP (player versus player) action gaming, is very far from playing sports because you don’t use any physical movement in any way other than moving your fingers. …show more content…
For example, when there is a game season for sports, there are many travels to watch the games. However, with the video gaming fanbase, thousands also travel around the world to come and watch professional gamers in virtual combat and gaming. According to a documentary/video named "Are, Video Games considered sports?" a professional gamer named Bryce Bates states, "We're the Michael Jordan's of the video games that we play." So in some ways, video games could be considered as sports, but a different kind of sport, Esports. But, is this, what should be considered a sport? While this may be true, according to the documentary/video named “Are Video Games considered sports?” it stated that the gamers spend 12 hours a day 7 days a week on playing video games. For 12 hours a day gamers spend half of their time playing games and the other half for sleep and other activities. This means that almost half of the day they spend most of their time on gaming and not being active in other activities. This could lead to many negative effects, such as violent behavior and video game