Sony: We “Legitimized [Gaming] As A Form Of Entertainment!

[mai]

--OkeyDokey-- said:

mai said:

--OkeyDokey-- said:

I think it's pretty obvious that by "legitimized as a form of entertainment" he means Sony made gaming into something that can stand alongside books, movies and music as an accepted form of mass media. Atari didn't come close to doing that. The NES was a step forward. The PS1 pushed it over the line.

I'm quite shocked that so many people are arguing against this.

 Not even close... still:

3/4 are at least neutral. Seems socially acceptable to me.

Well, you never know how it used to be, so can't say if there was any progress, but gaming is definitely way behind mainstream entertainment right now as you may see.

Though personal experience may not be a good representation of how thigs are, but I don't even need any factual data to know that gaming is lagging behind, say, movies in social acceptance. It's obvious for everyone who ever was a gamer, just ask and they'll tell you dozens of stories how their moms or wives didn't "get" gaming and thought it's juvenile, or how their dads use to be a gamers but quit gaming etc... usual stuff.

And btw it's US only, it's much worse everywhere else.