>This is very different from the movie industry, where films from 60-70 years ago are still very enjoyable.
They are to us, but the average movie goer would need restraints to sit and watch them.
With the BS emphasis we had for over 2 decades on special effects, fast editing, CGI, and teenage-fantasy kind of material, the adult oriented movies of yesteryear are only left for cinephilles.
For the average 15-25 year old today, they'd be unbearable to watch, whereas back in the day they watched them just fine.
So? Who cares if the average 15-25 year old does something? The average 15-25 y/o may not visit a museum, attend an orchestra, or have a tenured professorship, but all those things still exist. Plus, 20 years from now, those kids will be adults who might want to play the games of their youth.
>So? Who cares if the average 15-25 year old does something?
Well, since we were talking about old movies, people who value them, and who would have liked to see them being watched by newer generations and surviving into the future, do.
>The average 15-25 y/o may not visit a museum, attend an orchestra, or have a tenured professorship, but all those things still exist.
I dunno. I fail to see how the Marx Bros are any less entertaining today. Or the 60+ year old Nineteen Eighty Four, is that unbearable to read (well, yes, but that's beside the point). Old doesn't mean unwatchable, it means different. Hopefully future games and content won't entirely be rentals, as some things are worth keeping and replaying for free...
I can see both sides of it and I'll posit this argument. 15-25 year olds of any age may never really get old media, but as they grow older, they may find an appreciation of them. I know that many movies and books and things that I loathed as a youngster I grew up to appreciate and even enjoy as I grew older.
For example, I've grown to really enjoy old classic radio shows, decades after they've stopped being commonplace.
They are to us, but the average movie goer would need restraints to sit and watch them.
With the BS emphasis we had for over 2 decades on special effects, fast editing, CGI, and teenage-fantasy kind of material, the adult oriented movies of yesteryear are only left for cinephilles.
For the average 15-25 year old today, they'd be unbearable to watch, whereas back in the day they watched them just fine.