Men and women playing single player games only with bots is a different beast, because the primary intent isn't to seek connection and emotional support.

To judge men on a bad example one needn't go further than the word "waifu". That's bad.

Also, to flip the previous situation, men will never admit to reading such novels. Men cannot seek emotional support from other men, that's not how it works. So in the case of insufficient emotional support from wife men should "man up" and start drinking.