Could be a situation where he gets your preference and assumes you wouldn’t want to play a different format. For example. If I have a friend who only plays competitive rules smash bros, then I might not think to see if they want to play casually with items.
To take it one step farther, if I have friends who I know do not like to play a game competitively, I might not invite a friend who does due to the former who made the plans with me not wanting that pressure.
In this last case it isnt a specific value judgement of my competitive friend, just me not thinking my friends with different styles would gel in this instance.
It could also be that he doesn’t feel comfortable adding others to that particular set of plans. Say for instance his buddy is going through something and they are playing the game as something to do while chatting about it.
I’m not going to buy something I’m not going to play right away. I’m not going to buy something I’m not going to play right away. I’m not going to buy something I’m not going to play right away.
OO $35 for every Yakuza game!