And yet, when I look at my library of close to 100 Gamecube and PS2 games (each), I have a hard time finding games that had gameplay on the level of NSMB Wii or LBP2, or any number of XBLA titles. Nothing as intense as Gears of War, or Punch Out. No amazingly fun co-op games as Resident Evil 5 or The Simpsons Game. And definitely nothing that sucked up hours and hours of my time without ever getting old like the Call of Duty (online) series or Peggle.
There's an obvious push for the cinematic this gen but it's what last gen games were trying to be (my favorite game from last gen was MGS3). It just depends on where you look. I think games have gotten better, not worse. All it took was a few sessions of Resident Evil (Gamecube), Resident Evil 4, or Metroid Prime to convince me of this.
Long Live Play.
