Is it? I remember Marc Andreessen's comment near the height of the VR craze of ~2016, about "reality deserts". Some segment of the American population lives in an urban area (or suburban area / village with people they actually like), and for them, the idea that people might want to play computer games online instead of hanging out with their friends in person is unfathomable. But not everybody is privileged enough to have that situation. By the numbers, not even a majority of people is privileged enough to have that situation. A lot of people live in suburban boxes, don't have friends, and don't particularly like the people around them. For them, a technology where they can go out to the Internet, find people that they actually do like, and engage in activities that they all find fun is a godsend.