Yeah I don't think thats it. I think if you're gamer gate proper or even adjacent it's easy to overestimate how many people are in it.
Even if nobody on this site bought a game again, it wouldn't bring any studio to its well deserved end. Nobody would even notice a change.
I've told this story before. My dad played every far cry game... at least 2 years after release because A. He doesn't pay full price, and B. Story doesnt bother him because he skips all cutscenese and mutes all dialogue.
He's been playing video games for decades now.
His Xbox One gave up the ghost about a month ago, and his response was "Oh I guess I don't play Xbox anymore"
There's a class of consumer that doesn't care about any of this, not even for "consume product" reasons, but because gaming isn't their favorite hobby, of even one of their main ones.
Yeah I don't think thats it. I think if you're gamer gate proper or even adjacent it's easy to overestimate how many people are in it.
Even if nobody on this site bought a game again, it wouldn't bring any studio to its well deserved end. Nobody would even notice a change.
I've told this story before. My dad played every far cry game... at least 2 years after release because A. He doesn't pay full price, and B. Story doesnt bother him because he skips all cutscenese and mutes all dialogue.
He's been playing video games for decades now.
His Xbox One gave up the ghost about a month ago, and his response was "Oh I guess I don't play Xbox anymore"
There's a class of consumer that doesn't care about any of this, not even for "consume product" reasons, but because gaming isn't their favorite hobby, of even one of their main ones.