Dissection of Subculture

Each person is Different... They are likely to like what is familiar to their origin, national, or local infuences as well as their Subculture Influences... of course the most comfortable things would be what was introduced in their upbringing and social activities.now that we have that settled lets discuss what kind of addiction playing Board Games, Video Games, Card Games, and just games in general are... it mostly feeds Escapism which allows the person to immerse them self in a nonexistent world. This is usually in the form of Movies, Books, and Games. The next chemical it feeds is Ego...

Games I feel were brought into the world hundreds of years ago for the reason of furthering social interaction among humans. It would fall under the category of Entertainment.

To feed the Escapism a Designer would have to make an elaborate world that has plenty of detail for the person to indulge in.

Ego is close to personalizing... The feeling of making something is yours and unique to you... I feel gaming has a lack of this involved because alot of product makers do not understand that this is an important part to the escapism.

When someone Originally joins a game they like to feel apart of a group even if its a made up one

The best game of the Year 01 which sold 9.5 million copies starcraft used this to their avantage.
A way people can feel ownership over something is the Color Scheme, A Choice of a Faction, Customization, and how unique their appearance is.

This means it is effected by Fashion and Options. Being able to reminding them they are apart of these things in the real world is just as important as they are in the game world.

For example if they see a Keychain, bag, pencil, anything they use on a daily basis they will be reminded that they are apart of those things in the game world and it will bring further satisfaction of being a fan of that game. However it seems that most companies neglect this and make the game itself better but lack in other products...

Most subcultures have enough product to fill a store like the Emo/Gothic community has Hot Topic to feul their fandom of subculture but the Game community has not nearly as much if any at all and the Otaku community only is getting into Keychains and Stuffed animals... but still not big on the personalize products it seems...

The most neglected things I feel are Deck Cases and Messenger Bags... these are both seen all the time to transport all sorts of games and devices which are symbols of an Otaku or Gamer.