My very third day of college, I'm talking with some folks in the dining hall and No Man's Sky comes up. We all agree that it's a disappointment and has major problems. While we're talking about this, some rando walks by, overhears our conversation, turns 90 degrees and immediately sits down and jumps into a vehement defense of the game and its apparently 'deep and complicated story'. None of us knew who he was, and after we got him to stop talking about it, he gets up and leaves like nothing happened.
So yeah, that's No Man's Sky's target demographic.