(title added for lemmy by mod)
Image description: 4 panel Loading Artist comic. 1: Blue guy stands behind Red guy playing a game on the couch “oh it’s a SINGLE-PLAYER game?”. 2: Blue guy scoffs “no thanks. Single-player games feel too lonely”. 3: Blue guy puts on gamer headset “that’s why I only play MULTIPLAYER games”. 4: Blue guy happily at his PC, while tweaking his game settings Voice Chat: OFF, Text Chat: OFF, Friend Requests: OFF.
(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.world)
There are more games than just competitive shooters where voice comms matter. Many games have multiplayer experiences that don’t require me to communicate in text or voice with others.
That’s what I was referring to about points of view. You seem to be approaching this situation entirely from a competitive team game perspective where that’s only a portion of the wider world of games.
Just because you find competitive games where communication is critical fun, doesn’t mean that my multiplayer gaming experiences where I don’t chat aren’t me communicating with others.
Your pov on what constitutes a “multiplayer game” is and what communication consists of is what needs to broaden.