> I’m sure they would have done naturally prior to GenAI.

I gave a simple counterargument to this. Since there are "countless" prior games, many of them released before genAI, your argument is pointless.

Do you think the only reaction to knowing you’re not the first to do something is not to do it? Do you think I said that?

To spell it out in case it is still non-obvious: knowing this allows iteration. It allows remixing. It allows you to inspect what has come before and what it did well and where it succeeded and where it fell short and thus what you could _add_. It is an enabler of creativity! Thus I think it is interesting that GenAI may make it harder to have this experience.