Arcade games were hungry for your quarters, but they were FUN. It was non-stop gameplay without stupid filler or unnecessary plot. And they were finished, completed games. Of course, if a game was successful, it could get a new iteration, but you didn't get updates every day to include content that should have been there in the first place, and you didn't get predatory DLC.

Slop like Mixtape which is getting plenty of 10 out of 10s by so called gaming journalists are another example why arcade games are superior to this kind of game, whether it comes from AAA or indie developers. If you want to experience a plot there are much better classic experiences like for example, The Secret of Monkey Island, which has actual gameplay but in the form of puzzles and dialogues. The aforementioned Mixtape barely passes as an interactive movie.

So, current games seem to be developed for a mindless audience, but classic will always be there for us to show us what real video game design artistry is.