Negative Outlook N egative Outlook Introduction False Claims Negative Aspects Online gaming has been shown thus far as being almost entirely positive. However, the Internet is not a complete answer to the problems that many claim to plague video games. There are new possible negative aspects that the Internet brings to video games, however most of these negative allegations have no merit.
Much research still needs to be done in order to determine the implications of online gaming.
False Claims Addiction is one false claim associated with online gaming. Although addiction is a possibility, it is no more of a possibility to that of single-player games. However, this claim also seems to be false for children appear to spend the same amount of time playing video games before and after the introduction of online gaming. Children also do not replace the time they spend playing with physical friends with online gaming. The time that is spent playing online games is the time that they would usually spend playing solitaire games.