[watwut]

You are being intentionally obtuse. Yes, marketing works, because companies fight among each other who will be the winner.

"The desire for a new belonging" is present in kids who dont see ads nor have access to screens. They see what other kids have, they see what adults have. Kids wanting the same thing as other kids is nothing new or revolutionary.

Trying to pretend that kids wanting things is somehow a change against any time before is absurd.

> Playstation rather than Nintendo, or vice versa? At some point, it likely tracks back to marketing, creating the desire.

Small kids do not know playstation vs nintendo. They still want games. They want same games as their friends have.