I can vouch for this post, considering I grew up in the 90's and have been gaming since. From NES (and a bit of Atari 2600) to PS1 late 90's, Sega Dreamcast early 2000 and now finally PC since the Pentium 3 days, have played a variety of titles with no fixed genre in mind (hardly played or focused on any competitive multiplayer games except a few).

Mostly Indians tend to play multiplayer games like CS, Apex Legends, Valorent, Overwatch, DOTA2 etc are due to factors that are simple to narrow it down; Famous streamers from here whom they follow would not branch out and stick to these games till the end (streamers from here who aren't famous plays other games which doesn't get much attention from folks around here), lack of time (college students burning the midnight oil or working pros) and lastly, probably the most plausible point, affordability. We got Apex Legends, League of Legends, Diablo Immortal, Schmuck version of PUBG on mobiles while these games aren't too demanding on a decent laptop that could run on intel HD graphics.

Though the time part can be adjusted in playing other games where a time can be set to which it wont wreck their work/social schedules so I always find this excuse vague at best and their reason to only play multiplayer competitive games. Playing other games (possible on said college budgeted Intel HD lappies) would bring a fresh experience if people here are willing to give a try/chance, then perhaps there could be more opportunity to form an open minded community in discussing the world of gaming or perhaps more industries could open up that could further take Indian gaming scene seriously (local esports doesn't count).

I like how people here think this is just a rant or gatekeeping post when in fact it's just an observation/suggestion post. Probably thrown off by the title of this post, who knows, most people have selective reading comprehensions.