I don't think i understand, of course it's the bad year for old games, every year is, because they are old. People finish them or get bored and move on.
Also not every. For example a lot of PDX games are going good, in case of CK3 it's like the second release now that the devs finally stopped ignoring it. Games with active modding scene also thrive.
It's not about comparison. It's observing the unavailability, not thrivingness. If for historical reasons you want to find those games you won't, for 87% of them.
I understand the history of video-games not matter to you, correct? Just the current hype matters?
Oh so it's about that. Yeah i guess then. I wonder if something like an online library for games can be made. It would be illegal ofc but so are those for books.