>>714607137>>714608226part of is a lot of them didnt grow up with the industry getting to see all the huge technical leaps and tons of classics and experimentations. chances were higher with past generations that you hit upon some classics or masterpieces that developed a love for games if for nothing else just a higher output from devs.
but yes also normies (and yes i will use this word even if they also adapt it, its shorter than normalfag) thoughts are only about what mass opinion is and whats the hot thing. ive seen some people irl and even lets players of multiplayer focused channels admit they only like games because of the social aspext and dont play alone.
even in 2025 its weird hearing people be like yeah i played mario when i was a kid but i just dont have time for games while they fall overthemselves to watch every new netflix series or capeshit movie.
on the otherhand its probably beat for gaming if the normies arw moving on to other fads and leaving our games alone