I agree with much of the OP. However, despite the negatives mentioned, I think AAA gaming is in the best place it ever has been. Many of these games have budgets that would be totally unfathomable just a generation ago. And that budget isn't just being burned away. They're making massive, visually stunning, incredible games with it. There certainly is a lack of variety, but that's how it works when you're spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars on a game. You simply cannot take big risks very often with that kind of money. but that lack of variety works the other way too. They keep refining the formulas and competing with each other. That's what has pushed AAA gaming to where it is right now. If you're going to spend a hundred million dollars making a game, it damn sure better be better than the other guys hundred-million-dollar game, if you want to rake in $60 from millions of consumers.
I think Indie Games have their place, but very few of them interest me. I play A and AA games from the major developers and Publishers when I want variety. Because there's one thing you know for sure when you buy from the big boys. The games never totally suck. And that just cannot be said about Indies.
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