Imo gaming companies should always consider the potential of the game being an esport . However , not all can be and SW is one of them with all the points you ' ve mentioned . I don ' t follow much MMORPG tournaments if any asides from Ragnarok and WoW that would require grinding . But at least for Ragnarok , there ' s a server that sets levels and items so that it ' s equal to everyone not sure about WoW but I ' m guessing their tournaments were like that too . So that could be one way of doing it . But your second point is probably the hardest hurdle since from streamscontents there ' s not much viewership that would make investing into an esports scene worth it . Last mobile game tournament that I know of is Clash Royale that had a fairly decent 10 k views but after that I haven ' t heard of them anymore .