Eggs

Watching black and white silent films is a bit strange, don't you think?

1) No. You can even watch a Chaplin film, why not?
2) Books change. Yes, perhaps nothing groundbreaking can be invented, but they do change. The language changes, the plots change, new ideas appear, and new problems emerge in society, which are reflected in books. That's why I insist that the comparison with books is valid.
3) I just want to conclude that over time, games, of course, evolve, new game design techniques appear, and others are refined to near perfection. Therefore, some old games that used to be considered very cool now look pale. But that doesn't mean that all old games are bad compared to new ones. In some cases, the advantages of a game can easily compensate for its technological limitations. Easily.
Besides, the initial thesis "Why play now instead of 10 years ago" seems strange to me. Well, let's say 10 years ago I didn't have a computer/didn't know about the game/didn't have money/my parents only allowed me to play for half an hour a day/I lived in Nigeria/I had a lot of work/my personal astrologer forbade me from playing this game/I had more interesting things to do/insert your own reason. And now, is the opportunity gone? Interesting...