Does this generation of games get remembered fondly, or skipped past entirely

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Freddie_47

Every gaming era eventually gets sorted by history, some generations become beloved reference points people compare everything else against, others quietly become the forgettable gap between two more memorable eras

Ten years out, when someone writes the retrospective on this exact stretch of gaming, which category does it land in, genuinely beloved, or the one people mostly skip past on the way to talking about what came before or after

Curious what people think, and which specific game from right now actually survives that test

StarfieldPilgrim

Beloved I think, there's genuinely ambitious stuff happening right now that deserves to be remembered well

QubitZero13


Vacant Falcon

Remembered fondly by the people who actually played deeply, forgotten by everyone who just watched the trailers

LAKnight_King

My pick for the one that survives is already a cult favorite rather than a mainstream hit, which tracks historically

Peter

Curious whether AI generated content ends up helping or hurting how fondly this specific era gets remembered

StoneCold

Depends entirely on genre, some corners of gaming right now are clearly building toward classic status

TheRizz

Skipped over honestly, this feels like a transitional stretch more than a genuinely defining era

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