I went to Best Buy today (RIP Circuit City) looking for new XBox, Gamecube or Game Boy Advance Games, and noticed that there were very few of any types of these games left. There were only 2 Gamecube games left. Two! Of course, these games are being phased out for the current gen systems, but it still made me sad. All the systems I mentioned have been "dead" for years, so it makes sense to make room for all the Wii and DS shovelware so Nintendo can another 100 million. I still play those systems daily, however. And for the moment, I could care less about any of the current generation systems. The amount of games I would care to play of the current generation, I could count on one hand.
I guess what annoys me is that for the first time, I am pretty much ambivalent about current games. I love videogaming as much as ever, but the future of gaminbg no longer seems exciting to me. HD graphics, online gaming, DLC, and waggling a controller all mean dick to me. Is it my age, perhaps, as I look down the barrel of 40? Maybe. I am definately old school. The phasing out of the last generation feels like a great loss to me, and the future does not look bright to me.
I am sure I am in the minority in this, and if I want to get games, I can still get them used at Gamestop. PS2 is having new games made for it, but less face it, the system has one foot in the grave. It's one of the best systems I have ever owned with some of the best games I have ever played, but it's days are numbered.
The torch has been passed. I just wish it had been passed to something worthy. Maybe time will change my view, meanwhile I'll enjoy the past,and lament for it also.
