MegaManX on 19 April 2014
Part of it was with the influx of casual gamers. All the new gamers would be turned off by challenging games so they were made easier to be accessible to a wider audience, but in doing so require no skill and are easily beaten.
Also with older games, there wasn't much room to make a long games, so they just made them harder to justify your purchase. Gradually it seems games have gotten easier as the amount of content they can fit on the disc/cart increased.
