The stories: Video games are yet another medium to tell stories. Text, film/tv/video, and audio dramas aren't the only way to experience stories. And by stories, my answer is varied. Visual novels, point and click, cinematic games with a lot of gameplay, or even Nintendo games which virtually always skimp on what we think of a story but as players we are telling stories. Using Mario and Co to traverse environments is a story in and of itself.
My family members enjoy them.
And here is the big one from a quote I have seen online....
"I am a gamer. Not because I don't have a life, but because I choose to have many."
Video games are often more immersive than other entertainment. It's easier to picture myself as inheriting my grandpa's farm and finding ways to customize that lifestyle than it is to see myself as part of Luke Skywalker's Jedi journey.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 48 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima
