I dunno chupa, I partially disagree. I think your comments apply more to films these days. The average gamer is still a very savvy dude (or chick) albeit their inevitable level of social introversion.
Gamers constantly push the industry forward and are great at virtually
throwing feedback at the developers, in many forms. In fact, they seem to be the most vocal customer base of many different commercial products.
They're also good at nit-picking the hell out of their products, deconstructing them, modding, etc... This is a phenomenon altogether unique in gaming...
I mean you have your generations of gamers, and the younger kids always want the hyped up shit, that's a focus for an army of marketing firms, but you still have a lot of art in gaming and a lot of room for unique expression and risk-taking.
You may be right, but it seems like your thoughts are ahead of the curve. Modern Warfare is one of the first games to really break into true Hollywood-esque territory, with multi-million dollar budgets and big, big business at its core.
Kind of makes me sick thinking about it.