Urriak Uruk
Gaming is fun, and fun is for everyone
strange you have a very different experience to mine as I am gen Z and only end up in homebrew games, you live in America as I'm in the UK and wondering if that is the difference?
Not only do I live in America... I live in Seattle, just a 30 minute drive from WotC's office!
I will add, most people I know are really new to D&D and only have experience in 5E. That doesn't mean they're bad at the game (I know a couple of players that actively tried to build kind-of broken characters) but they mostly are happy with 5E and don't want to try other editions or other game systems. It strikes a very happy medium of easy to quickly learn and play, but has more complexity if you want to try different combinations and rules in newer books.