Nostalgia creates a "rosy retrospective bias," causing people to vividly remember only the good parts of past games while forgetting negative aspects like terrible camera angles, clunky controls, repetitive grinding, and game-breaking bugs.

WyaRonn suggests that when people say gaming was better in the past, they often mean they personally felt better then, associating old games with less stress, more free time, and fewer responsibilities.

WyaRonn believes that the reason many people overlook the flaws of older games is the absence of constant online complaining from streamers or the internet.

The gaming community should stop acting as if every game from the past was flawless and without problems.