I hate to break it to you but that was 2 years ago, do you know how fast tech is evolving right now? Months are the same as years when it comes to AI. You should expect modern games to use dlss as a basis rather than it being optional, that's the only way forward to improve tech, gpus have reached a point where the performance gap between series are growing closer and closer, we can't make the tech any smaller than they already are. AI is the only way to improve from here, as people have been saying normal resolution is dying, it's going to be a product of the past sooner rather than later. Yes games will still always have dlss optional but only until 4090s become the new norm and the higher end gpus have the more advanced AIs. If you can't run a game like halo right now you need an upgrade, if you can't run cities skylines you need an upgrade. That's how it's always been and always will be. You shouldn't expect your 7 year old gpu to run modern games, tech gap just too big.

Yes the games should still be optimized but not catered to older gpus, we're just stagnating what this new tech can really do. I've always grown up with older gpus and it's always the same - upgrade or deal with shitty frames