Quote Originally Posted by Rodion Romanovich
Who here can for example honestly say they completely forgot about buying Quake III, Half-life II, Halo II, Bioshock and Crysis, but instead bought Operation Flashpoint and Vampire Bloodlines?
Well, I bought the Orange Box last weekend so I'm almost guilty concerning HL2 but I don't have any of the others and neither do I have any of their predecessors, I did however buy Operation Flashpoint and it's addon.
To some degree I have always seen games as modelling the real world so I can play on the PC what I do not or can not do in reality, that's why most of the Quakes and UTs never really appealed to me, apart from the fact that I'm too slow.
There are, of course, exceptions and some games are just fun without being realistic in any way, my priorities have also shifted a bit, I've bought some games with only multiplayer in mind as well, if I had some really good friends playing Quake online everyday I might buy it.

That's concerning this part, about the overall quality of games and growing tired etc. I don't really have an opinion, I play what I want, like and can afford, often I'm hyped about a game at release but cannot afford it and later when I can afford it I feel I don't want to play it anymore, most recent case, World in Conflict and The Witcher. Maybe I'll get it one day, maybe not.
Saves money.