> and in general besides the 16 bit aesthetic people are so put off by the look of older games they tend not to get as engaged.

It's not about what people find pleasing today, it's about archiving and preserving an important part of our (digital) history. Videogames of the past were a big thing.

And videogames, much like music, must be playable to be truly preserved.

Imagine someone going "I don't get why it's worth preserving ancient Egyptian artifacts, people these days don't enjoy that kind of thing anymore".