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ELI5: Before modern consoles, why didn't older games have bugs like newer games that get updates constantly with patches?

Although older games did have bugs, it doesnt seem as buggy as newer games.  Were older games more well written?
gpt
Older games were much simpler, so it was far easier to make them without having as many bugs.

Also there really was zero option to update games reliably with patches in the past, now it's automatic since everyone is almost always connected to the internet.

"more well written" is incredibly difficult to answer, since we almost never have an actual idea about the code that actually made up the game.