Mr. Omega said:
Honestly, with the graphics plateau, rise of Steam and cheaper costs of games, the biggest deterrent to PC gaming by this point... is the PC Gaming community. They aren't exactly a warm and welcoming bunch.
Being indiscriminately welcoming is how you got the LIVE community. Selectivity isn't a bad thing, or would you like to eat nutrient paste and live in cubicles? Being universally warm and welcoming is just asking for homogenization. Believe it or not, a lot of PC gamers actually put quality before quantity. That's why things like private servers exist.
Of course, the common misconception that has made the term "elitist" (meaning an awareness of belonging to the elite, or a belief in rule by the elite, NOT the exclusion of the non-elite) come to mean "intolerant" (this is the word you guys are looking for, pay attention in school kids) is that if the PC community doesn't accept you now, they never will and just hate you out of spite because of your preferences. Not true. What we hate is your attitude and stubbornness. Prove that you're willing to do what the rest of us did and spend some time doing RESEARCH. If you come into the community with an open mind, a view of honest criticism as advice instead of a personal attack, and show evidence of doing some homework instead of jumping in blind and expecting us to hold your hand through the crap you should have already known before connecting (option menus, tutorials, and google are all great ways to not look like an idiot), then we don't care how else you like to spend your time.
Unfortunately, more often than not this isn't the case, so it's not entirely our fault that we have a pretty cynical view of outsiders.
And I don't speak for all PC gamers. I use "we" to refer to myself and others that share my views. Not all PC gamers are like me.
