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.
IMO competitive multiplayer games aren’t great for socialization.
I mostly play games to keep up with friends who live far away, and the best games for this IMO are things like Minecraft, but casually playing an MMO or a shooter works too. Getting too into it means you have to focus too much on the game and can be worse for socializing.
Also idk about meeting people this way. I know people who have met online over gaming, but for me I’m mostly playing with people I already met. I will say the closest I’ve come to making online friends was on a public Minecraft server with about 30 regular players over the course of several years.