What happened to gaming?

I remember getting my first Gameboy (a Gameboy Pocket, my brother had a regular brick one), and Pokemon Blue. I had so much fun with it, and actually learned to read by playing Pokemon. I remember playing Mario Party, Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Pokemon Snap and all that on my N64 and having so much fun with my siblings and cousins before school. I remember getting a Gamecube and being ecstatic, getting Wind Waker and having a blast, loving Super Mario Sunshine, all that. I remember getting WoW as a birthday present when it first came out, having so much fun just making every class, even if I didn't get anywhere...

I used to look forward to game releases -- not because I was bored with whatever I was playing, but because I wanted to see another story, and to visit another world, someone else's imagination. Every game was fun for me (minus a few), and I actually enjoyed myself, even though I grew up never having friends and my family largely wanted nothing to do with me.

Now... I don't look forward to new releases anymore. I know they'll always disappoint me and be worse every year. Gaming isn't like it used to be, and it actually feels like the spirit that was behind it all died off. I don't know whether it's just greedy developers killing off passion, or me growing up and becoming jaded, or depression, or what it is. I still have no friends, and my family still doesn't like me, but I don't enjoy many of the games I play anymore. Where before I was excited and happy, now I'm bored and apathetic. I quite literally nod off while playing games since I'm just not having any fun. I get angry and upset with games, where before I'd be laughing and having fun, even if I lost.

And, before you say it, it's not just nostalgia. I can still go back and play those old games and have a blast, but it's just not the same since I've played them all so many times and know them all by heart. I don't get to go discover a new world or learn anything new, it's just like rewatching a movie you've seen a hundred times. Even new games from Nintendo are just losing their spark, and have been ever since Iwata and the CEO before him retired / died, even though I grew up on Nintendo and will always love Zelda, Mario and all that.

I just miss how gaming used to be. I loved WoW for over 10 years, but now it's a shell of its former self. I loved Nintendo my entire life, but they're slowly slipping into the greedy, under-handed philosophies that are rampant these days. I loved MMOs in general, but I just can't enjoy them anymore.

There was a time that I would say League is utterly boring, and not worth playing. I would call it a stupid game, and wonder why anyone would play it. Now, I play League during most of my free time. I do get bored to the point of nodding off, and the imbalance and developer greed infuriates me... but I have nowhere else to go anymore. My childhood hobby was taken away from me, and warped into the disgusting charade it is now.

I just don't know what went wrong. I miss gaming, how it used to make me happy.