Being an american (Canada), I also agree with your observation. Now, for video game, I somewhat agree with the editorial. Why somewhat? Because personally, I have short attention span for games that doesnt have character development or an emphasis on story telling. The only type of game im able to play for hours on end are jRPG, wRPG, action RPG, strategy RPG ect.. I guess it has more to do with not wanting to pass hours playing something I dont really enjoy more than having attention span problem. Based on that, I guess that gamers who play fastpace action game, doesnt necessarily reflect an attention span problem.
Also, im not sure the fewer releases of heavy cutscene jRPG arent related more to the raising cost of development and the already low jRPG audience.
