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New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games(www.gamesindustry.biz)

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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The interesting part to me is that you can watch football even when/if you can’t play football, but you could be gaming instead of watching.

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bluGill@fedia.io
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Watching sports is a useful activity when you confined to a hospital bed for a month or two as has happened to people I know. In one case they wouldn’t be allowed to game, even sports were in danger of being too exciting for their condition.

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Empricorn@feddit.nl
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Logic does not check out. Like they’re both activities I can do on my couch? Okay sure, I guess. Just like I can watch a video about knitting even if I can’t knit, but I could be knitting instead of watching!? Complete nonsense…

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stevedice@sh.itjust.works
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Nah, I can’t game while I’m doing the dishes but I can watch a video just fine

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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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You’re taking too long to do the dishes.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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There are more chores than dishes:

  • folding laundry
  • sweeping and mopping the floor
  • fixing the car
  • going through the mail
  • changing the sheets

That’s when I watch/listen to streamers, I almost never do it when I could otherwise be gaming. I’ll occasionally listen/watch while gaming though.

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stevedice@sh.itjust.works
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I don’t only do dishes. Also, there are short videos.

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