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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
That doesn't seem to be what's happening. Not surprisingly given the general lack of nuance in any subject that becomes political, people who are on the outside of the hobby create a monolithic representation of what they think being a "gamer" represents, and it's dominated by the caricature painted in the wake of gamergate.
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I mean this is stereotyping is pretty standard for people who are on the outside of any subculture isn't it? If you're an adult fan of anime, pro-wrestling, comics, etc., you pretty much know that mainstream society thinks you're some kind of loser.
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Video game companies seem to have capitalized on this, playing up the "culture wars" aspects while downplaying the frankly evil, tobacco-companyesque business practices that currently drive the industry, often with the help of certain water-carrying "reviewers" who are essentially industry propagandists who could make the Oilers media blush.
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I don't disagree with it, but to the people who are actually spending $ on the hobby, it's blatantly transparent.