I just don't buy this "games aren't as fun as they used to be" argument, not as some kind of objective statement of truth. I've been gaming since the Atari 2600 and I would say that, on an individual basis, I probably have more fun with most of the games that I play now then I did with most games from the Atari to the PS2. The stuff I play now generally has a LOT more content, better writing, better mechanics, less frustrating conventions, less loading screens, better save practices, better characters, and more immersive worlds. I'm very happy with the progress gaming has made.
I don't really understand why people do the "I'm going to pick out a great game from back then and compare it to a bad game from now" thing, either. That's kind of silly. You could throw a stick back then and hit at least 5 terrible games because there was so much shovelware. Big name stuff, too, like Star Wars, had absolute garbage games.
Another point is "lack of innovation." Well, yeah. That happens as ANY industry matures. There is only so much innovation to find relative to technology. Immature industries have a lot of experimentation, much of it bad, before people find out what works well and what does not. After that, refinement becomes more prominent.
Look, I get that some people as they get older fall into that "this is what I like and anything that changes it is bad" mentality. But that's you, not the media itself.
