Well, everything has its advantages. What you said its all true, and then there came the times where each genre was almost fixated on doing the same stuff, with very little innovation taking place, they just changed the story. Just look at all those Call of Duty clones for example. But then, something beautiful happened: the independent gaming industry took relevance and that was a fresh air of ideas that invaded the industry. Just look at the steam shop nowadays, there are tons of indie games. Granted, some are shit, but there are a lot of original, imaginative games that break the rules and innovate on their own genre.

I believe that 2017-2018 is the new golden age of gaming and will be remembered as such when more time passes...