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Why is it so much more amusing to watch someone play a video game than it is to play the game itself? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm old now. I've finally realised I get more enjoyment from watching someone play than to actually play the game. Why is that? Do you experience that as well?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm the opposite. I rarely find it enjoyable to watch someone else play a game, to the point that I have a hard time understanding things like Twitch, much less that game streaming more broadly took off the way it has.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, if I'd been given a chance to buy Twitch in its first year for $100, I would have said no. I play a lot of video games but watching video game streaming for fun is beyond my comprehension. It was one of my first "No, it's the children who are wrong" moments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ha, well put. Exactly. "Ah, you young'uns and your silly fads and phases..."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I could MAYBE understand it if the person playing is my actual friend irl and we're having a conversation while he's playing, or he's telling me tips and tricks for parts i get stuck on or whatever. But if there's a choice between me playing a game, or watching a video of someone else play the game, I can't imagine choosing to watch someone else play instead of me playing.