Chazore said:
Primarily?. I've always found it a bit random to hear people having to say "despite me being a PC gamer", and then for a lot of the time they go on for something else. I mean I'm a PC gamer and this year has me excited for some games on PC, same for others out there like myself. I know you are different, but I've never had to see people go with that line, as if to excuse themselves or something. We all have our core preferences for what we game on, even for fence sitters as well. |
"Despite [x]" can be a useful qualifier because it implies the follow statement is an exception to the norm. If someone spends 90% of their time playing on an X1 for years and then spends almost a year primarily playing on the 3DS, them mentioning the former can add weight to their comment. It quickly explains that the 3DS did something significant enough to dramatically alter their previous gaming habits.
It's definitely an overused qualifier, sometimes people try to add weight to comments that don't need it, but it can be useful. If what Radek says is true, i'd say this is one of those occasions.
