Just Curious...

How do pro gamers survive post their 30s and into their 40s and 50s. I am sure most pros will peak between ages 20 and 27 or even lower and earn mostly in these years. Even if they earn around 300k per year is it enough for the next 30 or 40 years?

considering for most top pros that salary is all spending money (usually none of it goes into housing, meals, electricity, water because the orgs provide support for it). Helps that they can also get brand deals and sponsorships which add onto that salary, and any top pro can have a good streaming fanbase if they truly wanted to; it's difficult to see them struggling after retirement.

But that's only for pros in tier 1 esports (valorant, owl, csgo, league). For any esport tier 2+ then it's a wholly different story.

Just Be Curious

investing it generally

also most non-t1 players are often in uni / secondary education so they'd probably be able to return to that and get a job that way if things don't work out

tehre are 3 paths usually

streaming

tier 3

Coaching

just be like olofmiester or scream lel

Thanks for the replies. I guess most top pros in tier 1 teams won't face problems as they'll get returns on investments and also they can easily switch to roles like coaching or other management positions. Still I think its fair to say that their earnings will only decrease not increase as their twitch viewers will dec in their 30s and 40s(for most) and unless they hit some jackpot with their investment it probably won't be comparable to their current earnings