gaming chair was invented in 2006
is this true?
Yep, according to wikipedia.
The first ergonomic gaming chairs were produced by DXRacer around 2006, a company that was originally known for producing high-end seats for luxury cars. However, the company began to experience difficulties with Chrysler discontinuing multiple lines of cars, leading to DXRacer repurposing their stockpile of bucket seats into standalone chairs, marketed towards gamers.[5] In 2008, more companies began to produce gaming chairs.[1]
They didn’t start marketing office chairs to gamers before 2006. Many people I knew used an office chair for PC gaming and their couch or a futon for console gaming. Kids also used those tiny little chairs that are shaped like a little L or bean bag chairs.
Which is hilarious because most “gamers chairs” are just branded overpriced regular chairs. The quality is subpar compared to an equally priced normal chair. It’s just a moron tax.
Go look up racing sim seats. Then look up a real seat you’d put in your car. Real seats will often be much cheaper than a sim racing seat. One company even sells a sim kit that includes a seat that is clearly a normal seat from a different company and marked up.
You’re better off buying “normal” products than gamer versions a lot of times. They just add flashy colors for the most part.
