Apparently a large number of game journalists, developers, and publishers live in a massive bubble world. You can see the bubble world on GAF, too, but I think the posters usually have some awareness of the outside world. Anyway, inside the bubble world, there is no outside world. But why would you ever want to go outside? You have tons of disposable income to spend on all the latest tech gadgets - the newest cell phone, the newest console, the newest tablet, the newest television. Of course, all your devices are connected and accessible via the giant broadband pipe that your house is built right on top of.
The folks in the bubble have no idea that conditions may not be similar in the rest of the world. And then when the rest of the world complains about their always-on devices, what do the bubble people do? Why, insult the "Luddites," of course!