This is mainly a mirrored effect from movies. AAA games / blockbusters are so much safer than they used to be, but there is so much more that is so much better

This is mainly a mirrored effect from movies. AAA games / blockbusters are so much safer than they used to be, but there is so much more that is so much better (by any metric) than there used to be, as well. You just have to dig beyond sales.