Yeah. Arguably as a proto-VR medium, Second Life existed for a long time, but is still far from being the most popular gaming platform (though maybe that has to

Yeah. Arguably as a proto-VR medium, Second Life existed for a long time, but is still far from being the most popular gaming platform (though maybe that has to do with it being not an actual topical game). I don't want to dismiss this possibility based on these still very early days, but look at how the current early-adopter implementation of the Metaverse has been perceived so far - "influencers" have no mercy on it, due to the sheer amount of bugs and weirdness of e.g. having to pay to applaud someone virtually..