I hate to admit it, but I agree. At least with 80% of what you said. Almost every sequel this gen is inferior, games are shorter, development cycle is longer, there are less games and my favorite genres are dying (RPG, survival horror, hack n` slash, action adventure).
I think the downfall of Japanese developers (Capcom, SE, Tecmo, Konami) is linked with their western oriented game development. A decade ago they made games that were awesome. Now they are so busy trying to make the next Halo or Gears of War that they forgot how to make good games. The "casual" market is a similar problem. I think they are all birdmen.
Satan said:
"You are for ever angry, all you care about is intelligence, but I repeat again that I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine."
