It's a good thing.

I'm finding it's the upstarts that are producing better content than the AAA developers that are just milking the nostalgia factor of their IP's.

Minecraft, Kerbal Space Program, Wildstar. They aren't preoccupied with IP Gimmicks (*cough* chocobos), what's "mainstream", and micromanging the player experience.

Just build a world and let the players play.