This is so fking true.
It's a rare event for me to enjoy playing games with others. The downside is I can't immerse myself in that world as I'm usually distracted.
The rare exception is, some 12 years ago I set up a guild on WoW. We had over 300 people in the guild, yes we were considered a small guild. But that was fine as I wasn't trying to be the largest.
I recruited selectively and over time, had an awesome guild. Eventually, I disbanded the guild which was sad. But hey, life and sh!t happens.
To this day I have a special friendship with a very special woman I met on Wow.. weird seeing as how we've never met (although we have exchanged pictures). But we definitely have that friendship going. That special 'something'. I love and cherish it. So 12 years later, we still have a wonderful understanding about each other. We confide in each other. 12 fking years man.. This is the only time I've ever got anything worthwhile out of a multiplayer game.
When it's a single player game (such as RDR2 or Skyrim) I can totally immerse myself and escape this world..
Single player games are thinning out.. and I for one am sad for it