There's just no point in identifying with a group based on entertainment as consumption. I play a lot of games but I don't consider myself a "gamer", in the same way a person who understands the language of cinema and the ideas behind film critique doesn't consider themselves a "movie watcher".
There are those who merely consume art, and there are always a few who think about art in its larger context and what the artistic choices of a piece represent to them. An artist will of course try to appeal to the consumer for practical reasons, but those practicalities exist in tension with the more genuine motives of creators, because art is the study of choice and mass appeal is an uninteresting, despite being understandable.
I don't know why game consumers choose to be so readily fleeced, perpetually dissatisfied, and tedious about their preferred media intake. Small studios are creating incredible games that run perfectly on launch, require no special hardware, and actually make interesting creative choices. Maybe they're enjoying their anger, who knows.
In any case, we shouldn't associate with them unless they're up in arms about something meaningful, on those rare occasions.