Episode S7E11: Nostalgia, The Enemy?

A sizable chunk of gamers feel that current trends by developers of making games that heavily rely on nostalgia is holding back the medium. Rather than devote resources to making new games, new IPs, and new experiences, they feel that the industry would rather be lazy and churn out games that are low-risk, high-reward. Do you agree? Is nostalgia the enemy of video games? Ep S7E11