Is there such a thing as ‘mainstream gamers’?
Spending a lot of time hanging around on Discord or Twitch, I find myself frequently chatting with people about video games and video game industry. I often hear ‘people buy this’ ‘people like that’, ‘people are interseted in this type of game’, etc. But who are them ‘people’? Not me, not you, not anyone you chat with, ironically. They’re always this vague concept that seems to imply that 'people' know nothing about video games, 'people' are a little daft, and 'people' only play best-selling games to entertain themselves once in a while. Credits : Iron Pineapple & GoogleyGareth As a disclaimer, I’m not a journalist, sociologist or well-versed in any kind of scientific research field. I’m just a video game translator and a gamer. But, as I grew a little tired of speaking about something I don’t really know about, I got out of my way to research the best-selling games in 2024, sorted by countries. And this inquiry raised a few interesting questions. B...