Why are the gaming preferences of this community different from the general population?

[SonytendoAmiibo]

A very long time ago I made a hobby out of watching the video game industry. Ever since the first Pong box for TV was sold, I read everything I could find that had anything to do with electronic games. The predictions made over 30 years ago have mostly come true now. Some things have happened that no one could have predicted (Nintendo making a Sonic amiibo). But over all these years one thing has not changed, and that is the fact that people will chose sides. It's just human nature to defend a choice they have made. Reality is in the eye of the beholder. Reality is purely subjective.