It drives these highly delayed sequels, just as it drove the Star Wars prequels. It drives high prices for certain used cars and musical instruments, all of which represent nostalgia for a generation that has retired with disposable income. It drives outrageous ticket prices for aging rockers reliving 30 year-old hits.
It's demographics. When this wealthy generation dies off, the interest in its nostalgia will fade.
https://nerej.com/generation-y-also-known-as-millennial-or-e...
Sort of the negative space propagating up the demographic pyramid that slacked breifly and was never heard from again.
ST is generally awful and I was compelled to watch up to S3. I'd probably be watching S4 if I had the time. The thing is impressively optimized.
Don't get me wrong, some utility exists in the selection of earlier settings, namely not having cell phones, so I am sympathetic to that from the needs of the writers, but it would be nice not to have this stuff laid on with a trowel.
Ready Player One was a deliberately over the top nostalgia fest ... Ready Player Two was where I felt played/milked.
The angry scottish man likes it