Yeah, but I kinda miss an ability to mooch like mad off of my dear friends and enemies. And I always liked single-player games better... it seems sort of unfortunate that so few multiplayer games are made with a storyline attached. I guess that Crystal Chronicles and Legend of the Four Swords count, but ... they were pretty forgettable.
Crystal Chronicles had the most ridiculously high barrier to entry when concerning multiplayer that I have ever seen in any game before or since. You literally needed a GBA for each player if you wanted to play as a team.
Generally, I like single player games as well, as there's literally only one or two other people that I enjoy playing video games with, but I can see why there's a trend nowadays where games lean towards multiplayer content more than single player content. It's simply the companies being readers of today's zeitgeist. Gaming is seen as an activity to relax and unwind, and people are more apt to do that with there friends, and so gaming companies focus on that. There's quite a lot of people who refer to themselves as gamers, and while I agree, there's an uneven curve to gaming hobbyism that I think needs addressing. The majority of people, just want to hang with their friends and relax, and so will purchase videos as tools to properly meet these priorities. Gaming cannot progress as a fully flushed-out art form, until society recognizes it as such.
I understand if I'm a little off topic from what you're referring to, but I just thought of these things, so I thought I might as well throw them out there.
My roommate is playing the latest game by Rockstar, L.A. Noire, whch plays like a 1940's detective drama. It's really impressive so far, it's like an interactive movie almost.