video games are often disguised as a time pass for some people because there is a thing that people believe that it is of no use and in no way can benefit anyone.
But, the reality is far away than this. Video game market is worth more than $90 billion and it is expected to grow more by the time coming. Still this industry has not much explored and definitely its demand will increase in coming few years.
So if you still think that its just waste of time and you are not going to get any value out of it in real life?
Here, are some points that will change your mind and you probably also want to try your hands on some games.
I am going to share some benefits of playing video games
1. Better eyesight
There is this thing out there that playing games will harm your eyes and that's not all wrong. Playing excessive game will definitely harm your eyes but if you are playing for a considerable amount of time it will be healthy for eyes. Especially when you are playing action video games or shooting games it push your eyes to focus on a certain thing. It, acts as an exercise for your eyes. And who do not want a better eyesight and you are getting both entertainment along with health benefit.
2. Better hand control/Movement
Control based games can be great for your hand movements and control. joystick or controller acts as your hand in virtual world. and your brain need to coordinate well with your hands to play. The same thing will also help you to have a great coordination with your decisions while doing some precise hand movements. Like, in some missions you have to shoot multiple enemies or doing some precise thing and you need to have good control to do so.
3.Better social skills
Stereotypes that made you think that gamers are silent kids who do not have any friends so they are always playing video game. Its not true at all but games like fortnite or PUBG help you to improve social skills on how to work in a team and tell you a thing or two about teamwork. it is also seen that people who play these types of games are more comfortable with other people around and also have better relationships with other students because these games have that cooperative components which will even work in real world.
4.Better at problem solving
Games do often increase your thinking power and help you to find new ways of solving the problem. Some games help you to use your brain in such a way that you can solve a problem in different ways. This also follows up in real world where you can solve problem faster and in a versatile way than non-gamers. Games like Hitman, assassin's Creed in which you can do try things different some other players and do it in your own way. online multiplayers are also good for that.
5.Leadership skills
Games like clash of clans, Lord's mobile, clash Royale, sekiro allow you to make a clan of many people and make changes according to you which not allow you to to have better management skills because you are guiding your team to fight with other team and learn that you are going to be responsible for win or lose which make you think like a leader. Even in real world people who manages things are paid the most.e.g. businessman's, leaders and ceo's.
6. Teaches persistence
Persistence is one of the key things of getting success in life. It teaches you the value of never giving up and finding new ways to do that. That's how innovations are done. Video games are a good way of learning persistence in which you lost and again get up to complete that level.
7.Fun way of learning
Games are a fun way of learning things that you may be running from in real world. So many games are built for kids that help them understand things quickly. Even big educational platforms are using it to teach kids. In a study it is found that people who learn things through game remember it for a longer time.
8.Explore different worlds
You can travel to a ton of locations in games, got to know about, to the past, to the future. In games like assassin's Creed you got to know about the history, about that time. Games like red dead redemption, gta, Witcher, ghost of tsunima, far cry and many more. Some horror games give you the feel of a haunted world pushing to face your fears.
9. Understand yourself better
Some games require you to make certain choices and the story go according to you. This allows you to know how you will react in situations in real world. It teaches that You will be responsible for your choice and the life goes according to it. So make decisions well for your life. Games like Detroit, sims, heavy rain, mass effect 2, life is strange are some of the few games.
10.Gaming can be a career
Though there is a lot of competition in the industry. If you have passion and creativity you can make your way through it. Being in e sports industry can be like a professional job. The competition is very high but playing it on a platform like YouTube or twitch allows you to grow a fan base and earn through it. Just like people like watching sports they also like people playing video games. You can earn a handsome amount of money if you are good at a game or producing an entertaining content for the audience.
