Players have never been rich. The civilian route is not the only way out for video games.

I recently read an article titled " Gamers are no longer just the real rich, TV gamers are turning to the civilian route ", which surprised me a little. The article said that TV game players are the rich because they buy expensive game consoles. I think that in fact, whether it is TV, computer or arcade game players, the rich are only a few, and the majority are civilians.

The robot likes to write rebuttal texts the most. In response to the article "Players are no longer just the real rich people, they have turned to the civilian route in TV games" (hereinafter referred to as "playing rich people"), the robot has something to say.

Before we begin, we may need to unify the definition of a tycoon. The article "Playing as a Tycoon" states that a game console is an expensive imported product, so players who play video games are all tycoons, while playing games on smart TVs is the choice of ordinary people. Is this right? Robots like to present facts and reason the most. Let's see how much a game console costs? How much does a smart TV with gaming functions cost?

The latest version of Sony's PS4 is sold on Taobao for 2050 yuan, and the latest version of Microsoft's XBOX-ONE with motion sensing kit is more expensive at 3500 yuan. Are those who spend this much money on a game console to play games all local tycoons? Then aren't those who spend thousands of yuan to buy a smart TV or some box with gaming functions even more local tycoons? !

Let's compare it with the Xiaomi TV 2 mentioned in the article "Playing as a Rich Man". The Xiaomi TV 2 sells for more than 4,400 yuan on Taobao. LeTV TVs range from more than 2,000 yuan to more than 9,000 yuan. The robot did not study the details. In short, from the perspective of console prices, it seems that traditional TV game console players spend less money on consoles, while players who buy the latest version of smart TVs to play games are the real rich who spend more money.

Of course, some people will say that if you buy a console but can't play games, you still have to buy a TV, and the total cost is more than buying a smart TV. If we think about it carefully, we will know that the saying that buying a console and then buying a TV is expensive is not true. Do players who buy game consoles already have TVs at home? In fact, it is rare that you have to buy a TV after buying a game console to play games. Of course, there are also other unexpected situations and real rich people using robots, but this is very rare.

On the other hand, if you see a 40-inch 4K TV on the left side of someone's living room and a Xiaomi 2 TV on the right side, I don't know how you see it, but the robot will directly think that this person must be a real rich man if his brain is not stuck in the door.

Now that the definition of a rich person is clear, let’s discuss another conclusion in the article “Playing with Rich People” – “As long as smart TV games can truly achieve the route of popularization, then, like online games and mobile games that are naturally popular, they will surely usher in the next peak of the game market.”

Before that, we need to review the simple development history of the TV manufacturing industry, from the earliest black and white to color TV, to large-size CRT color TV, plasma, LCD and other large screens, to high-resolution interlaced, progressive, etc., and then the improvement of color vision 4K, 3D, etc., and now the Internet and smart TV are popular again. Why do TV manufacturers do so much? In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to pursue high profits. The competition in the TV industry in China is too fierce, so they have to continuously launch new products to raise the price a little bit, otherwise TV manufacturers can only starve.

When TV is no longer a big deal, people have to think about visual effects; when 3D and 4K have reached the limit of human eyes, people have to launch so-called smart and Internet products. From this situation, it is destined that smart TVs will never be truly popular. Popularization means no high profits. Once the competition is fierce, TV manufacturers will find new ways without high profits. They will not miss the so-called "popular games" at all. The so-called smart TVs with game functions are just a temporary thing, a transitional thing.

Obviously, the article "Playing with the Rich" sees one side, while this text by the robot sees another side.

In short, the robot does not think that the concept and definition of video games by industry insiders and veteran players has always remained in the era of game consoles more than a decade ago. On the contrary, outsiders always say outsiders' words. Such people and things appear every year, which is just another good show and new gossip for the industry and players.

People's living rooms may need a home entertainment center that can surf the Internet, play music, watch videos, play games, and so on. However, it may not be appropriate to assign this task to a TV, as the cost of replacing a TV is very high. So this may be an opportunity for the boxes? As long as it can take over all output and input ports and work stably, then this box has a chance. Note that it is only an opportunity. Maybe after developing this box, you will find that MB is just a computer without a display? !

Every profession has its own specialty. Let the game console handle the game for the best performance. It's not that professionals or veteran players don't understand the civilian route, but professionals and veteran players also play civilian games. Who says they don't make civilian games? Who doesn't play civilian games? ! Playing or not playing is just a different choice in different situations and occasions. On the road or on the subway, of course, you play with your mobile phone. When you are in an Internet cafe with a group of friends, of course, you play online games. When you want to enjoy audio and video at home, of course, you play professional game consoles or computers.

In summary, it is destined that civilian games will hardly become games played at home in front of a large-screen TV with high resolution and high-end audio-visual enjoyment. To play civilian games, they only need a mobile phone or at most a tablet, which is convenient and fast. Playing civilian games on a high-end TV is like using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito. This is also the reason why big games can survive better in the TV game industry now, not because the major professional manufacturers and producers who have been in the industry for many years do not understand civilian games.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.