When did gaming become a charity instead of a business?

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JayWood2010 said:

I think people are just saying to support the games you like and actually buy them. Nintendo fans in general dont really support much outside of nintendo games while PS and XB fans seem to like a wider variety of games

Going by the spirit of the OP I feel like interest in buying and playing a game should replace "support" and the persons interest in a products, wether it's games or anything else should always come before support.