Many ideas originate from those periods too.
What did you say the first time you played Doom, or wolfenstein?
I enjoyed Doom quite a lot and it was the first fps I played.
Now, we have an overload of FPS', almost sickening... It justs get boring, it's been done already. (I still like Doom the best of all the FPS')
Same with any other stuff, it keeps getting done over and over again.
This is not exactly bad, but... People don't manage to do it good either.
There used to be an overload of Shmups, they where the new thing, but, atleast most of those where fun.
Are the newest hype racers any fun over the snes mariokart?
Or yet another fighter? You played Killer Instinct (I still play it with a friend once in a while), and then you get tekken, tekken 2, tekken 3, ... Sure, these might be good games too, but, aren't they just the same game once again, just with different graphics or controls?
A typical 12 year would say Doom 1 sucks compared to doom 3, or halo, or whatever. Same with RPG's, really. If you played FF6 or 7, you can't really say "OMG! FF1 is teh best". But if FF1 was the first rpg you ever played, it would hold more precious memories to you.
Then again, how many modern games have a good plotline? One that makes the game worth playing? Most of the plotlines have been already used too. If you played the classic snes RPGs like FF6, FF4, Chrono Trigger, ... (Earthbound!), how can you enjoy modern games' plotlines? Did dothack make you drool?
This reminds me, anyone listens to Shane Monroe's Duelscreen or Retrogaming radio?
We ask for comfort, but it goes at the cost of quality. Why should you listen to music on the psp while you could listen on a 1/10th size mp3 player with better battery life, easier to put away? Why can't one thing stay used for one thing? The psp tries to be a multimedia handheld? But at what price?
It delivers nice eyecandy games, but how many of these are actually good? It has all been done anyway... Then all these functions like videoplaying, musicplaying, internet (with an analog controller!)...
That's why I enjoy the DS, it's primarely for games, not for multimedia persé, and gives plenty of oppertunity for new games, new ideas.
Touchscreen, dual screens, micro, ... These are all new ways of interaction with the player and I really like Nintendo's way of style. I'd rather have the Revolution with it's announced abilities, and a revolutionair controller, then a ps3 with the newest eyecandy. (I know the last bits are rather stolen from the radioshow, but that is my opinion too)
Sorry for making such a long, pointless point, I know it probably doesn't make that much sense overal, but yeah, had to poste my 0.02 cents.
