misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoNew report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing gameswww.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down112cross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
arrow-up1456arrow-down1external-linkNew report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing gameswww.gamesindustry.bizmisk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square185fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 hours agoWhat if gaming time is 4 hours, you spend 3/4 of gaming time playing games, and you watch gaming videos for one hour outside gaming time?
minus-squareMaster@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoYou have to watch the video of the game you are playing in order to play the game you are playing. By definition… (if you are video gaming) all bets are off for boardgamers!
minus-squarezipsglacier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoBoard gamers watch videos about board games too!
minus-squareMaster@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoThe point is if you are video gaming you are literally watching a video of yourself playing the game. That is why it is "video"gaming…
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours ago What if gaming time is 4 hours I remember not having kids… Now gaming time, if I’m lucky, is like 30 mins a week. Much of that spent patching and remembering wtf I was doing last time I played. Not counting playing with them, at least. Though they spend more time watching Minecraft videos than playing Minecraft, so there’s that.
What if gaming time is 4 hours, you spend 3/4 of gaming time playing games, and you watch gaming videos for one hour outside gaming time?
You have to watch the video of the game you are playing in order to play the game you are playing. By definition… (if you are video gaming) all bets are off for boardgamers!
Board gamers watch videos about board games too!
The point is if you are video gaming you are literally watching a video of yourself playing the game. That is why it is "video"gaming…
I remember not having kids…
Now gaming time, if I’m lucky, is like 30 mins a week. Much of that spent patching and remembering wtf I was doing last time I played.
Not counting playing with them, at least. Though they spend more time watching Minecraft videos than playing Minecraft, so there’s that.