Dalam konteks esport, diperlukan keterlibatan pemain videogame esport mulai dari keterlibatan kognitif, keterlibatan afektif, dan keterlibatan perilaku dibutuhkan untuk mendorong consumption behaviour pada para pemain videogame esport itu sendiri; community engagement, coproduction, new player recruitment, dan word of mouth. Desain penelitian yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah cross-sectional dengan metode purposive sampling. Penelitian ini menganalisis 219 responden dengan rentang usia 17-25 tahun yang telah bermain videogame esport lebih dari satu tahun dan bermain videogame esport selama lebih dari 4 jam selama satu minggu. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah survei online dan data yang didapat diolah dengan teknik Partial Least Squares – Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Hasil dari olahan data menunjukkan bahwa Affective Engagement dan Behavioral Engagement memiliki pengaruh positif terhadap seluruh dimensi consumption behaviour. Namun, cognitive engagement hanya memiliki pengaruh positif terhadap word of mouth.

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In the context of esports, the engagement of esports videogame players, starting from cognitive engagement, affective engagement, and behavioral engagement is needed to encourage consumption behavior in esports videogame players themselves; community engagement, coproduction, new player recruitment, and word of mouth. The research design used in this study was cross-sectional with purposive sampling method. This study analyzed 219 respondents with an age range of 17-25 years who had played esports videogames for more than one year and played esports videogames for more than 4 hours for one week. The data collection method used is an online survey and the data obtained is processed using the Partial Least Squares – Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results of the processed data show that Affective Engagement and Behavioral Engagement have a positive influence on all dimensions of consumption behavior. However, cognitive engagement only has a positive effect on word of mouth.