[Archon_Wing]

You also have to remember that old games were also frequently hard because of bugs, engine limitations, and design oversights. Obviously you couldn't patch games back then so you just had to deal with it.

Nostalgia might bring up the classics, but it also ignores the hundreds or not thousands of to quote AVGN "Shitload of fuck" games that were simply hard because they were terrible.

There is of course, no doubt, a broader appeal to video games these days, so many games are easier as a result.