I think symbolically the older ones will prevail, but only because they are so simple in concept compared to newer versions. They are also more popular. But that’s just for non-video games. Tetris had the most copies sold for about 34 years, and then Minecraft comes along and dunks on that with its massive amount of copies sold. For a 34 year old game that has variants on every console known to man, it failed against the survival freeform game on Java. Only three platforms supported at the time. And it’s still trucking.

But yea, chess will be eternal. Sports will be eternal. Video games will be temporary, but eventually forgotten. Chess in particular will live on forever because of variants like Chess Evolved Online, which just makes chess absolutely insane. I counter your Queen++ with my Dragon+! Problem? NO! NOT THE WISPS!

As for VR inclusion, video games get a slight boost here. Sports get a slight nerf. And board games are unchanged. It has to do with the amount of effort needed to convert it into a VR experience. Video games are a step away. Board games are so simple that it’s painfully easy to make Virtual. Sports are a bit complicated and finicky when regarding physics and body movements, so that’s the biggest hurdle for them.