Are lives in games an outdated mechanic?

[Shiken]

For the most part yes. Most games just load your previous save, and TBH even games that do have lives make them rather pointless. For example you still have lives in Mario, but it doesn't mean game over. You just reload your last auto save and you literally pock back up where you left off. You may have to run an extra 2 minutes to go back to where you were, but it is nothing more than an extra load screen at the end of the day.