It's not 100% about the players. It's the games that have taken a dive as well. There was once a time where developers made games because it was their passion. Because they wanted to craft fun, memorable experiences that resonate well with players. Now a lot of new major titles are more about trying to squeeze money out of people with microtransactions or trying to grab a slice of the competitive PvP/Battle Royale/eSports pie. Makes it tricky to have fun with a lot of games these days.

This couldnt be further from the truth. Gamers in general are really not all that negative. It is the most popular posts on the internet are mostly the negative people. Most people dont remember the posts saying a game was decent or good, at the same time most people dont make such posts because they are typically busy doing things like playing the game. The majority of the time you will see such comments is as replies, not posts of their own, unfortunately this is less obvious and less memorable. Also just because a group is loud does not mean they are big. You could see tons of posts and videos complaining about a game, but then it sells millions and has tons of constant players. A bunch of negative posts means very little in comparison to the number of people actually playing a game. You want happy people? Go play the game with people, they are typically the much happier ones, those on the forums are not so happy much of the time. The vast majority of gamers are very happy with games, so happy in fact that they are typically playing them rather than complaining about them online.

I prefer Yong and Pretty Good Gaming for news and such. Long can be negative, but it's never unwarranted. He also has really cool news and such for Death Stranding. I can't wait fo the analysis on the E3 trailer.