So what you're saying is "less is better"?
Sometimes it is -- you know, "less is more." Maybe it's because people actually have to work for a living now (as opposed to 2000, when DX came out). When folks were making money merely by touting the "next big thing" and sitting in their Aeron chairs, sure they had time to spend 60 hours to finish a game. Now people don't need "games" to take the place of "work" in their lives. They want entertainment.