I lost interest in games for a while too, I went over a year and a half without buying games (Final Fantasy XII release date to when I got my 360), it was just a big change in my life at the time as I was studying for exams and about to start college. It's no big deal, I mean it's only a hobby

Well, it could be something that I went through a few years ago, a cross between burnout and a feeling of everything being more of the same. The best way to fix that is, as some people have said, step away from gaming for a bit. When you come back, find a different company that makes games in the genre that you like, since they may be fresh enough to respark your interest.

Sorry man, you just got old.

Well, there's hope that it's just a phase. I've had a couple phases in my life where I wasnt interested in gaming for maybe a 6 month period or so.

But if it's not just a temporary phase then it's time for you to go to the gym, buy some new fancy clothes and start hitting on chicks.

Your going through a phase. You will find other things that will interest you, besides videogames, as you gvet older. Interests come and go, videogames are forever.. One day you might find a girl that you like or maybe a boy. You'll be pulled away from gaming to play the social field. Once you find a jpb and get a house, even more time will be taken away from gaming. Eventually you'll just game casually. Not unless you fall victim to one of the pure evils in life... MMOs. I was bored as fuck with gaming, for over 2 years, until I fell into that trap.. I could barely play a game for 10 minutes.. Until one day, I don't know how I stumbled upon it. But I was playing some Phantasy Online Blue Burst on PC and saw a link to Maple Story. I couldn't put that shit down at all.Played non-stop for 2 years, untill things went bad with some friends on there. Then 360 came out and I left that game. Phantasy Star Online was my other addiction, before that bout of bordem. Those two games were pure crack to me. I missed lots of school and days off work, because of that. Lost lots of sleep, fell asleep on the PC almost every night. Girlfriend disowned me a couple of times. ~_n

The death of Dreamcast also was a life changing occasion for me. The news struck me hard and I felt lost and didn't know what to do with my life. I stopped gaming for a little over 2 years. Until I discovered HDTVs and got an Xbox to take advantage of it. Bought component cables for Gamecube and PS2 after that. HD brought me back to gaming. Then I lost interest again, when the HD war started. Would rather watch HD movies than play games and kind of still do till this day. One year and $3000 later, I'm back to casual gaming. Right now, the best games for me are games with little gameplay and more watching.

I still buy lots of games though. Buy them and throw them in the pile. Most of the time, don't even play them. Just buying the game is enough to satisfy me.

I believe you got tad older, and your pastimes change and are no longer what they used to be

I know what you mean, I used to be able to play for hours everyday, but as time goes by, it seems like my standards have gone up, during the last year and a half there have been only three games that i've managed to play for over two hours straight, and they are MGS4, UC2 and GoW3, all of others are just so bothersome...

You should go and play World of Warcraft :)

What you're going through is normal. All that's happened is that you've seen past the marketing and realized exactly what core gaming has been for the last three generations: glorified reskins of the same games you were playing on the PS1. It sounds boring, and it is.

I'd tell you to go yourself a favor and get a Wii, but it sounds like you've got one. That's where the real action is this gen.

I find it amusing everyone that is saying you got older. Ehhhh, maybe you plain lost interest, or maybe it's a phase. I've gone through many phases of being very into video games and very not. For 6 months I'll just have no interest, then 4 months I'll be super into gaming, next 4 months I won't, ...