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I'm not a gamer these days, but from what I've seen, the gamers like a different type of keyswitch than regular typists. Normal typists like a clicky keyswitch where it clicks with very little travel, and has plenty of travel after this to avoid bottoming out. (so, Cherry blue)

Gamers want mechanical keyswitches with no click at all. (Cherry brown I think)

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This is the marketing mythos I was talking about. The best typist keyboard is regular linear switch. Typing without bottom out is impossible. Clicking is just audio. Of course most mechanisms of producing clicking mean some degree of tactility (added resistance), but any tactility bump you have to overcome means you come out on the other side with more force which means harder bottom out. The way to reduce bottom out force is to not have any resistance, which is what linear switch is.

The most popular type of switch is brown because it's essentially a linear switch that is not marketed towards gamers. It's just sad.

Cherry browns are more like an average mechanical switch (and not in a bad way - they're a good middle ground if you use your keyboard for different things). Gaming oriented keyboards would use different ones.

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