because nerd-dom, geekdom, and gamer culture all serve as a shared culture for white cishet men to enable a victim complex. it also serves as a substitute for actual european culture, where a colonial culture of whiteness and white supremacy is more important, more dominant, etc.
this is the primary reason imo, and why regardless of what happens in the gaming sphere whether it be related to all the “SJW culture war” stuff, or how capitalism fucks up games and the people who make them, you will ultimately only ever see a lukewarm response from “gamers.” after all, whiteness implies colonialism, and colonialism implies capitalism, so there will be excuse after excuse why capitalism is not the reason why every gaming company turns to shit. all these gamers have a personal investment in it; it’s a core part of their identity even though they complain about game publishers all the time.
because nerd-dom, geekdom, and gamer culture all serve as a shared culture for white cishet men to enable a victim complex. it also serves as a substitute for actual european culture, where a colonial culture of whiteness and white supremacy is more important, more dominant, etc.
this is the primary reason imo, and why regardless of what happens in the gaming sphere whether it be related to all the “SJW culture war” stuff, or how capitalism fucks up games and the people who make them, you will ultimately only ever see a lukewarm response from “gamers.” after all, whiteness implies colonialism, and colonialism implies capitalism, so there will be excuse after excuse why capitalism is not the reason why every gaming company turns to shit. all these gamers have a personal investment in it; it’s a core part of their identity even though they complain about game publishers all the time.