Gamers today don’t care about old video games. Some people have varying degrees of interest in it, but these games are old now and nobody gives a fuck except the people who grew up with them. Nobody cares if you beat it legit or not, they just want to blow through the game and move on with their life. It’s a combination of today’s games being easier to cater to the mainstream but also instant gratification. There are so many video games available that if one isn’t fun, just move on to something else. There’s not the same room for difficult games like there used to be.

Anyway, you shouldn’t complain so much about save states when you sit there and use the rewind function. That’s a double standard.