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New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games
(www.gamesindustry.biz)
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2024
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All of my little cousins and nephews watch streamers. To them it's more fun to watch someone play than to play most times. They don't like dealing with challenging games all the time, they really just want to have fun. These kids do play games but they watch more than me so I tried watching some streamers and I get it. When I was growing up we had systems with multiple controller ports and no online. Online gaming was PC only until I went to college and console online took off. But growing up you had to bring your friends or cousins to play some Mario Kart 64. That was way different than playing with randoms online. Streamers kinda brings that connection back.
In a parasocial kinda way...?
when my son plays he's constantly talking through whatever he's doing in the game. streaming has rubbed off that much