Familiarity breeds contempt. Whilst that's not quite the case here, the sentiment does apply. Back when the 360/PS3 was coming out it was a wonderous box full of stuff that made a great game appear. Now everything is dissected to pieces by the internet down to every pixel and frame. The more you learn about something like that they less :0: factor it has. The cynicism everyone has got from the internet doesn't help. You are exposed to an unending list of complaints and analysis of a game if you go to a forum about it, this all begins to have an effect on people. When you see a complaint, suddenly it can click and forever ruin a tiny part of the game. All those clicks add up and suddenly something that you liked (say Halo 4 for me) gets a tidal barrage of bitching and complaints and shit thrown at it. And suddenly a great game with a few flaws starts to look like a dull game with big problems. Increased reporting on every cough, sneeze and fart made by a developer takes away the magic as well. All the mystery and wonder is taken out of how they make a game and patch it when you see a twitter feed of moaning or a forum filled with abuse. It all adds up and takes it's toll on people. The cynicism is then passed on (Again using Halo 4 for me) I now complain about how 343 have -blam!-ed it up because I've been able to see what they did and realised that I didn't actually like that a whole lot. If you take away the shiny coating, everything tends to look like shit underneath... ^I hope this makes some sort of sense^ I'm night-posting again and it's 3:30am and it might make more sense in my head than my words. I might tidy it up/clarify it in the morning.