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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Wim ↗
In their words
The average age of a gamer now is 35 years old. The average age of an esports enthusiast is 29. So these are not youthful audiences.
When we ran our first Call of Duty event we couldn't get the media to pick up the phone to call us back. The sentiment was, why would we care about kids sitting in their basement.
Quick answers
Who is Wim Stocks?
A long-time interactive gaming executive who ran WorldGaming and Collegiate StarLeague as chief executive from April 2016, under Cineplex ownership, through the 2020 sale to Playfly Sports.
What did he speak about at TechTO?
Ten takeaways on gaming and esports, presented at MarketingTO in October 2019 — a marketer's view of a category that had grown from a niche into a mainstream audience.