I agree with a lot of your points, but number 2, about games being much harder than current games. Have you tried Dark/Demon Souls? I’ve known a couple of my friends who have gotten so irritated from dying and starting again that they just had to walk away for a few mins. They are unforgiving games that don’t tolerate mistakes. The slogan of the games are pretty much ‘prepare to die’.

Good article though, I really agree with the first point, the price tag on video games is so expensive now that you really want an original game, or at least enough to do.