Maybe the internet has ruined games? So much scrutiny, so many wars and arguments, comparisons over which platform has the best looking game, we here about bugs that we might never of heard about, then go looking for them.
I used to like buying magazines, like once a month, PSM or something, just flicking through. Now you have hundreds of sites all with an opinion, all there scores aggregated on metacritic and the like. Every video captured and uploaded to youtube. Maybe its just taken a bit of that spark away, i remember going into a shop with just a few quid, i might have a ps1 game to trade in, something caught my eye, might of never heard of it but the back of the case looked good so i bought it. Just that kinda thing...