>I mean that is what normal people care about, too.
Depends on how you define normal. I think it's much more likely that the number of people who care about it deeply is extremely small - a small sub-group within the group of people who see gaming as their main hobby.
> I think it's much more likely that the number of people who care about it deeply is extremely small
And yet large enough to support the existence of DF whom has a heavy focus on exactly this. So obviously a market exists.
My sense is that frame rate is a buzzy topic for nerds to nerd out over. The same way that nerds use to nerd out over RAM. Talking about it seems like a high effort status signal. But those can be swapped out for other things easily.
You can't feel RAM, you can feel bad framerate.
You’re projecting.