So Last gen The Human Eye could not see passed 30 fps, what happened

Can someone explain to me how humanity evolved so fast in the last year or so?

All of a sudden we have debates about 30 to 60 fps modes and huge platform wars over it, but last gen every console gamer told me the eye can't even see passed 30 fps and PC multiplats were not worth buying.

Did humanity evolve or is there something else going on here?