Lately I’ve noticed I spend almost as much time watching streams as I do playing. The other night, I had a long day at work and didn’t feel like grinding through quests myself, so I just put on someone else’s playthrough and chilled. Honestly, it gave me the same buzz as if I were in the game, but without the effort. Do you think gaming is moving toward this blend of playing and spectating being equally valid ways to “experience” a game?
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Yeah, I get what you mean. I used to jump into every new release on launch day, but now I’ll often check out a streamer first. Half the fun is the reactions, jokes, and the chat rolling along with it. I even learned new strategies just by watching. I read on that this shift is actually changing how developers design their games, keeping in mind that people will be both playing and watching https://www.businessupturn.com/technology/gaming/how-watching-others-play-changed-how-we-game-ourselves/ . It makes sense when you think about games like Among Us or Fall Guys blowing up mostly because they were fun to watch.