idk how unpopular any of these are but...
i never seen a single game effectively execute it's "racism allegories"; like DBH was tone deaf (in several areas really) and the fact that the only interesting character/story was the cops is pretty sad (the actors are what carried it imo. even if i like the guy from grey's i couldn't stand his storyline)
ppl can hate sega's direction with the sonic games but literally every game seems to have been one experiment or another whether it was 2d, 3d, a new engine, gameplay mechanics, etc (lost world was basically rip-off mario, look at the map for pete's sake) but even when they do the self inflicted humor like in boom there's small silver lining that make some of the content fun (plus there's always the comics...kinda)
unleashed really didn't deserve the hate it got but ppl still wanna scream "werehog bad", it's a plot element move on play a different game if you wanna go fast
mario is fun but some of the platforming is just needlessly annoying (or i'm bad at platformers)
pokemon gets redundant but the world maps and music make some of the games enjoyable even if story might fall flat
i've never played final fantasy games and the tactical style/strategy style play formats don't engage me too much but if ppl like em good for them
there's nothing wrong with not being able to buy a game or play it and still enjoy content related to it, some of these consoles and games are needlessly expensive and the fact that retroactive play is super limited and old consoles are basically wiped from existence, the hoarding and continued enjoyment of old content is fine and good and all the companies should just take the hint that they can earn some small cash by supporting some of the old stuff (the chance is right there provide parts or whatever...i wana fix my gba )
some needless violence games are okay (like tf2) but the hyper realistic, accurate blood, guts bones graphics are mega unnecessary. just give me blobby pixels mapped from crushed meatloaf or something not stuff referenced from actual graphic content that animators and designers have to watch and thus be traumatized by (i literally felt sick finding out about this and i hope the practice ends and soon for their mental health sake)
i think mobile games deserve a little more credit than what they get (though the predatory nature of gacha games could stand to be fixed or more strongly monitored) theres like a small treasure trove or mobile games that idk if they even get a lot of attention (underworld engine is my current underrated fave and i'm surprised i've seen no one talk about it even though some of the characters fit right into the bubbles of traits ppl supposedly love)
candy crush fun. match three games (and some of their paired voiceovers) are nice.
more female protags in games would be nice but not following the usual male gaze/sex appeal thing. wanna be a girl and kick ass. (genderfluid/nonbinary protags would be cool too)
everyone in rpgs should be allowed to wear whatever armor they want and not limiting it to male and female i hate this as a game design/mechanic with a fiery burning passion GIVE ME PANTS! I should have the freedom to walk around as the demon lord not just his busty right hand or whatever
i could do more but thats all i can think of