This is mostly my opinion but I think an overlooked reason for the death of the LAN party was the shift to console gaming during this time. This was a dark time

This is mostly my opinion but I think an overlooked reason for the death of the LAN party was the shift to console gaming during this time. This was a dark time in the PC gaming world. Console use was rising exponentially with some dev shops completely dropping PC support in order to focus solely on consoles. It took in my rough estimation, over a decade for things to balance out a bit and PCs once again be prioritized for game development.