There’s definite forces, but I don’t think Star Wars vs Star Trek in the 1970s and 80s were driven by those market forces, I don’t think that push was really understood back then. The same with Munsters vs Addams family (Yeah people liked one or the other).
But that tribalism is definitely being pushed now and it’s something we have to try to back away from, or at least be better about. If you love Playstation for instance that’s fine… Just don’t spend your day putting down Xbox, enjoy your system, let them enjoy theirs, it’s not a zero sum game.
There’s definite forces, but I don’t think Star Wars vs Star Trek in the 1970s and 80s were driven by those market forces, I don’t think that push was really understood back then. The same with Munsters vs Addams family (Yeah people liked one or the other).
But that tribalism is definitely being pushed now and it’s something we have to try to back away from, or at least be better about. If you love Playstation for instance that’s fine… Just don’t spend your day putting down Xbox, enjoy your system, let them enjoy theirs, it’s not a zero sum game.