"because I'm not good enough to play football. You're good enough to play the game"

there's a difference between a sport and a media designed to be consumed by the masses, but I give the 5 yr old credit, that's a good question on the surface.

Honestly though, more and more games really are probably being designed to elicit streaming engagement because that makes them money so who knows maybe games aren't designed to be played anymore

Because the dudes playing Football are the peak of talent and skill for it, and I don't like getting concussions. The ones playing Minecraft et. al. are largely random dipshits who are good at being entertaining, not skillful at the game itself. Also I don't get concussions from playing Fortnite, just brainrot.