The past five or so years have been the years in which I have bought the most recent games that aren't on a steep sale. However I am neither young, or American. Most of said purchases have been indie games, or games with a max price of 50€ on launch. I will be making an exception this year, for Anno 117, but only because the dev diaries show the Devs are sticking to their vision and 1800 was a great game. I think there's a lot of really great games going around if you're part of a specific market niches. Especially if you're into managing, wargames, puzzles, or horror. But if you're the kind of guy that only likes genres that NEED to be in the mainstream's spotlight, in order to get enough sales to pay off development, then I can see why you wouldn't be buying any games. Microsoft has a treasure trove of IPs that it could remaster and port, but it just pumps out pure garbage instead. I have been waiting for a shooter like Medal of Honour Pacific Assault, but instead all there is on the market is sliding simulators with Nicky Minaj skins on guns or whatever. I can see why some kid who just wants to play a shooter with his friends would stick to a F2P game in those circumstances.