I imagine it's the same reason I like movies and music that came out before I was born. You don't have to be generationally tied to something to like it. People are going to like good things if they're good. I don't feel like it really matters when something came out.

Next we introduce them to the Virtual Boy and make their eyes bleed like ours.

Maybe they're sick of bug-filled copy/paste endless cash-grab open worlds.

DEI departments didn't exist back then. The creative spirit was allowed to flow.