/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5217861
You are comparing apples to oranges.

Arcades were fundamentally different because they were social. You were always around other people in public places. Arcades forced you to be a much higher skill gamer because the popular machines had lineups, and in some places there's the 'one credit rule', so you had to make your time count, it wasn't just the money. Sometimes you could even meet hot girls there. That differs fundamentally, because with consoles/PC gaming, you're in your own home, alone unless you have people over to watch/hotseat.

Of course, if you have autism, then obviously the difference the human element makes is going to be lost on you...