Japan opens eSports gym: gaming PCs and personal trainers to improve in 'Valorant' or 'LoL'

eSports are more fashionable than ever and, consequently, the interest in them by new players as well. Being an industry that already moves billions of euros, the surprising thing is perhaps not that there are eSports gyms, but that it has taken so long for them to appear. So far, the first of them, Esports Gym, has opened in Tokyo.

Esports Gym is scheduled to open on May 19 in the northern part of Tokyo, in the Akabane neighborhood. It is a partnership between Tokyo Metro, Inc. and Gecipe. They hope that “anyone and everyone can enjoy a serious sport whenever they want.”

What exactly is the Esports Gym about? It’s actually more of a classic cybercafe than a traditional gym. It will be a facility with an arcade and multiple gaming PCs with chairs, headsets and other gaming accessories. The PCs say they will be equipped with different video games popular in the eSports world in Japan, such as ‘Valorant’ or ‘League of Legends’.

Personal trainer for 20 euros per hour

The key for us to be talking about a gym and not a cyber of all life is this, the personal trainer. According to Insider, players will be able to hire a trainer for personal training in different games. These trainers will help them to improve their skills, as if it were a gym.

The price of personal trainers is 2,750 yen (about 20 euros) per hour. It is also worth noting that access to the gym costs 5,500 yen per month (just over 40 dollars), while if someone wants to go for days at a time they can access in three-hour slots for 1,430 yen (about 11 euros).

The two companies behind the gym have big plans with this. They hope to open more gyms, hold free play events, free lessons and more.

Setting up a gaming team at home is often not cheap, so these kinds of spaces can be ideal for those who want to get into the world of eSports for the first time.

Via | Insider

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