A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it’s price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don’t meet the system requirements, or just haven’t had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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It took like 15 years for Daggerfall to not be totally broken, so it isn’t really a “new” normal.
I remember SiN was unplayable when it first came out, but a couple years down the line it was a pretty decent game (as long as you weren’t opposed to its aesthetic, which I wasn’t)