| Leynos said: Future games may become more popular but they learn from what came before. |
Not necessarily. The earliest makers of electronic games like OXO and Tennis for Two don't seem to have necessarily known about one anothers' work. Early popular FPS's like Wolfenstein 3D do not seem to have drawn any inspiration from 1973's Maze. The NES adaptation of Friday the 13th published by LJN was one of the first games that can be considered survival horror, but there is no sign that the creators of Alone in the Dark or Resident Evil had ever heard of it. And although The Outfoxies predates Super Smash Bros by a few years, we again have no evidence that the latter was inspired by the former obscure arcade exclusive.
Genres are funny things, and it's entirely possible for separate creators to end up making the same kind of experience without direct influence.
