For as long as people have been around, they have enjoyed games – traditional, simple games used for distraction and entertainment, games that were played to prove your own strength, vitality, or intelligence, or games developed to engage you, make you learn and grow.

This love towards games has only increased and expanded with the development of digital gaming, e-gaming, e-sports, the concept of live streaming and much more – and it seems to be continuously growing ever since.

What makes the gaming industry so special?

The biggest cause for such a large increase in the number of gaming fans is the development of gaming technologies. These developments offer the users a more engaging experience of gameplay, but have also contributed to the popularisation of streaming, building gaming communities, allowing users to become developers much more easily and so on.

With that in mind, we can say that the first main reason for an exponential growth of the gaming audience is increased flexibility and adaptability to users. Flexibility and adaptability are key components users seek nowadays – even outside the scope of the gaming industry, we can see a significant shift of the market towards a more comfortable, flexible and adaptable service.

The way Netflix has overtaken many traditional film and TV markets is one example, and the way an online casino has become the best casino you can attend is another. What attracts users to online casinos rather than traditional in-person casinos is the ability to gamble whenever you want, wherever you want – at any time of day, for as short (or as long) as you might like. Additionally, you get a spectrum of opportunities and options to choose from, without putting too much effort into it. Besides, the technological advancements have opened so many doors towards having a more realistic online experience – getting to feel like you’re in a real casino, while enjoying the comfort of your own home.

Why does adaptability matter to gaming fans?

So, as we’ve established, people play video games for a multitude of reasons: primarily because it’s fun, but also because it allows for building of certain skills, attaining new experiences, enjoying a healthy dose of competition, relaxing after work and so on.

The factor that enhances these experiences is adaptability. Besides being able to enjoy video games wherever you are, whenever you wish – with innovative technologies like VR, and advanced graphics, you get to experience gaming from the literal first-person perspective. Meaning that thanks to VR you get to have a better, more realistic experience of your game – but only when you wish to do so.

Similarly, through platforms such as Discord, Twitch, and numerous others, nowadays you get to have a fully adaptable experience of engaging with the rest of the gaming community. It’s up to you whether you wish to discuss games in written form on Reddit, film your gameplay and share it with other users on YouTube, or if you wish to stream your gameplay in actual time, create gaming clans for various platforms, or tournaments – or even just choose to sit at home and consume content from other gamers, without putting too much energy into it.

Basically, the premise of why games are fun is still the same – but what makes the market exponentially grow is the ability you have in choosing when you engage with the content, where you do it, how you do it – and what type of engagement will it be. Every single portion of gaming that we’ve always loved is still here – but it’s much more tailored to each individual user than it ever was before.