: It displays a sentiment similar to that
: Abercrombie and Fitch CEO's thing about "poor people and ugly people
: shouldn't wear our clothes." Videogames are not a luxury product
: anymore. You can get a capable gaming laptop for $800, and that'll last
: you. Something like Steam gives you quick access to cheap and often free
: games to keep you busy.

People live in bubbles. Business sees lucrative opportunity on the high end and focuses on that. People look at stats and think "everybody does this" or "everybody will do this". It happens everywhere not just video games. Not everyone has the internet. Not everyone has a computer, even, let alone a laptop or a smartphone or heck even a flat screen.

But in the end, a business can choose to focus on whatever demographic, however large or small, they wish. =/
(but people, not in A&F's demographic, rightly started hating on A&F for their practice. same will happen for MS?)