lol, i feel like that about all tech, "state of the art" is always buggy and waste of money, the only things i ever bought new was my latest tv and pc, don't use the pc much for gaming, sometimes small ones, even my ps3 came out of kijiji with a few games, oops, sensitivity is what i meant, i feel console is better as dedicated gaming device, even my first atari 800 PC was 2nd hand, from a college kid, so it came with tons of ripped games and its also where I learned BASIC language.
You are rite , its also hard to find a good unique game but they do come out with one now and then.
for ps2/xbox/pc:
Another one i found fun were the lego games, OR if you guys can get Psychonauts, i highly recommend that too! truly a unique game play and story line, easy for kids , but fun for me's!
-- this scene is of my favorite level, the milkman conspiracy, where you get the clairvoyance badge to see through the eyes of others, those neon things are figments of your imagination, and mental cobwebs , that you need to collect. this entire video is actual gameplay scenes , no movie clips, even the level brings new concepts to gravity! be sure to get a game pad for it
man , i could just keep going with lists of good games for any era