I’ve been playing games for almost 3 decades and I’ve owned almost every Xbox, so the online factor is there and overall easily accessible but I just never got this community feel I read in some places, my most played games are probably WWE 2k14 and Tekken 7 and 8, yet I’ve never interacted with anyone, I don’t have a headset and I don’t wanna hear voice or chat while playing though, it just distracts me and I despise losing, but apparently the people connect, make friends and a few even found love while playing their favourite game.
I envy them.
Is like the only hobby I have and tbh it isolated me even more from getting any type of affection or contact.
Some people mention discord but that awful app is terrible plus people act weird there, is like the game is very secondary there and just post cringe stuff instead.
To be blunt, you need to interact and talk with people to form a lasting relationship. If you aren’t socialising while gaming then, well, you aren’t socialising while gaming.
That’s fine, a perfectly valid way to play, but if you really envy them and you want to start socialising and making friends while gaming you’re gonna have to get a headset and talk with people.
Depending on the games you’re into, you may not even get to socialize with anyone, or you’ll have a limited time to add friends you see in a match because you’re not guaranteed to see them again.
If you’re into FPS, there’s no community within the games anymore. It’s all random match making unless you already have friends to group up together.
Games like Minecraft have good communities where you can play the same server and run into the same regulars often and actually get to know someone.