Last Updated on 03/09/2024 by Arun jain
What do you call someone who likes video games but doesn’t play video games?
It may sound silly, but let’s talk.
In sports, it is common to choose something without doing anything. Take basketball. We have:
- Professional basketball players
- Casual basketball players
- and basketball fans, who attend or watch games
So it follows that with video games, there are:
- Professional esports players
- gamers
- and sports fans, who attend or watch sports
Except that last one sounds off. I’ve never heard anyone call themselves a “games fan” before. But you may hear someone say “Oh, I’m a basketball fan!” or “I love basketball!” Automatically they play b-ball. How they express their fandom is still up in the air.
He said, everyone who choose Video games dramas Games… right?
Not really. Maybe that was the case when video games first emerged, but plenty of people these days only Watch video games.
Video games and sports are both designed to be played, but can also be enjoyable for spectators. Millions of people watch other people play video games on Twitch or YouTube every day. Last year, the world witnessed the most watched esports event of all time — 2023 League of Legends World Championships, which peaked at 6.4 million viewers.
In this video, Christina Gayton talks about what makes watching video games enjoyable, how mirror neurons affect our viewing experience, and what we call “game fans.”
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